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French Polynesia
Bird stamps from French Polynesia

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1980.01   20.10.1980   Birds      
White Tern Gygis alba Violet Lorikeet Vini peruviana Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
25f     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
35f     73     Violet Lorikeet    Vini peruviana     
45f     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     

1981.01   24.09.1981   Birds      
Swift Tern Thalasseus bergii Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
47f     66     Swift Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
53f     70     Grey-green Fruit Dove    Ptilinopus purpuratus     
65f     216     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     

1982.01   17.11.1982   Birds      
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Chestnut-breasted Munia Lonchura castaneothorax
37f     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     
39f     58     Pacific Golden Plover    Pluvialis fulva     
42f     216     Chestnut-breasted Munia    Lonchura castaneothorax     

1985.01   18.09.1985   International youth year      
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
250f     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     

1990.01   05.06.1990   Birds      
Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina
13f     46     Spotless Crake    Porzana tabuensis     
20f     73     Ultramarine Lorikeet    Vini ultramarina     

1991.01   05.06.1991   Protected birds      
Tuamotu Kingfisher Todiramphus gambieri Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii
17f     92     Tuamotu Kingfisher    Todiramphus gambieri     
21f     73     Kuhl's Lorikeet    Vini kuhlii     

1993.01   14.08.1993   Taipei 93      
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
46f     11     Red Junglefowl    Gallus gallus     

1995.01   07.06.1995   Unique birds of the world      
Rapa Fruit Dove Ptilinopus huttoni Marquesan Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata
22f     70     Rapa Fruit Dove    Ptilinopus huttoni     
44f     70     Marquesan Imperial Pigeon    Ducula galeata     

1996.01   12.06.1996   Marine birds of Polynesia      
Red-footed Booby Sula sula Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
66f     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
79f     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
84f     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     

2006.01   21.06.2006   Birds of Polynesia      
Tuamotu Sandpiper Aechmorhynchus parvirostris Polynesian Ground Dove Gallicolumba erythroptera
250f     64     Tuamotu Sandpiper    Aechmorhynchus parvirostris     
250f     70     Polynesian Ground Dove    Gallicolumba erythroptera     

French Polynesia map

Location: Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean
Population: 283,000
Climate: tropical, but moderate
Terrain: mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs

Birds: 122 species; 27 endemic

Links:
Centre Philatelique de Polynesie Francaise postal administration website
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Last updated
27.02.2009