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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 Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
25f     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
35f     73     Blue Lorikeet    Vini peruviana     
45f     30     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     

1981.01   24.09.1981   Birds      
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
47f     66     Greater Crested Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
53f     70     Grey-green Fruit Dove    Ptilinopus purpuratus     
65f     223     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     

1982.01   17.11.1982   Birds      
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
37f     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     
39f     58     Pacific Golden Plover    Pluvialis fulva     
42f     223     Chestnut-breasted Mannikin    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     30     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
84f     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     

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

2010.01   15.09.2010   Birds of Polynesia   Booklet, sa   

Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii Sanderling Calidris alba White Tern Gygis alba Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana Polynesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula aurorae Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus Wandering Tattler Tringa incana Tuamotu Kingfisher Todiramphus gambieri Rapa Fruit Dove Ptilinopus huttoni Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
100f     73     Kuhl's Lorikeet    Vini kuhlii     
100f     64     Sanderling    Calidris alba     
100f     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
100f     73     Blue Lorikeet    Vini peruviana     
100f     70     Polynesian Imperial Pigeon    Ducula aurorae     
100f     235     Crimson-backed Tanager    Ramphocelus dimidiatus     
100f     64     Wandering Tattler    Tringa incana     
100f     92     Tuamotu Kingfisher    Todiramphus gambieri     
100f     70     Rapa Fruit Dove    Ptilinopus huttoni     
100f     66     Greater Crested Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
100f     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
100f     58     Pacific Golden Plover    Pluvialis fulva     

2010.02   04.11.2010   Oceania, stamp on stamp   3v set   Fr Oc Set 1948
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
70f     17     Wandering Albatross    Diomedea exulans     
140f     17     Wandering Albatross    Diomedea exulans     

2011.01   27.09.2011   Moana   12v booklet, sa   
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
100f     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
and     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
100f     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

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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