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Mauritania
Bird stamps from Mauritania

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1961.01   30.06.1961   Definitives      
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus African Spoonbill Platalea alba Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
100f     22     Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus     
200f     25     African Spoonbill    Platalea alba     
500f     66     Slender-billed Gull    Chroicocephalus genei     

1962.01   Overprint EUROPA...      1961.01
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
500f     66     Slender-billed Gull    Chroicocephalus genei     

1962.02   Overprint LE MONDE...      1961.01
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus African Spoonbill Platalea alba
100f     22     Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus     
200f     25     African Spoonbill    Platalea alba     

1963.01   07.09.1963   Postage due, birds      
Common Crane Grus grus Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppellii Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Garganey Anas querquedula Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Great Snipe Gallinago media Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Black Stork Ciconia nigra Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum Grey Heron Ardea cinerea White Stork Ciconia ciconia Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs Little Stint Calidris minuta
50c     48     Common Crane    Grus grus     
50c     37     Rüppell's Vulture    Gyps rueppellii     
1f     30     Great White Pelican    Pelecanus onocrotalus     
1f     14     Garganey    Anas querquedula     
2f     156     Eurasian Golden Oriole    Oriolus oriolus     
2f     213     Variable Sunbird    Cinnyris venustus     
5f     64     Great Snipe    Gallinago media     
5f     14     Northern Shoveler    Anas clypeata     
10f     24     Black Stork    Ciconia nigra     
10f     9     Vulturine Guineafowl    Acryllium vulturinum     
15f     26     Grey Heron    Ardea cinerea     
15f     24     White Stork    Ciconia ciconia     
20f     11     Red-legged Partridge    Alectoris rufa     
20f     217     Long-tailed Paradise Whydah    Vidua paradisaea     
25f     39     Arabian Bustard    Ardeotis arabs     
25f     64     Little Stint    Calidris minuta     

1964.01   03.02.1964   Birds      
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
100f     69     Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse    Pterocles lichtensteinii     
200f     32     Reed Cormorant    Microcarbo africanus     
500f     37     Dark Chanting Goshawk    Melierax metabates     

1967.01   03.04.1967   Birds      
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum Western Great Egret Ardea alba Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
100f     48     Grey Crowned Crane    Balearica regulorum     
200f     26     Western Great Egret    Ardea alba     
500f     2     Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus     

1973.01   29.01.1973   Overprint Apollo... on 1967.01      
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
250f     2     Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus     

1976.01   28.06.1976   Zeppelin   6v set   
20u     24     Yellow-billed Stork    Mycteria ibis     

1976.02   20.09.1976   Mauritanian birds      
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
50u     25     African Sacred Ibis    Threskiornis aethiopicus     
and     24     Yellow-billed Stork    Mycteria ibis     
100u     24     Marabou Stork    Leptoptilos crumeniferus     
200u     37     Long-crested Eagle    Lophaetus occipitalis     
and     37     Martial Eagle    Polemaetus bellicosus     

1978.01   28.02.1978   WWF   6v set   
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
100u     2     Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus     

1978.02   01.11.1978   Philexafrique      1967.01
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
20u     46     Water Rail    Rallus aquaticus     
20u     48     Grey Crowned Crane    Balearica regulorum     

1981.01   17.12.1981   Birds of the Arguin      
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
2u     30     Great White Pelican    Pelecanus onocrotalus     
18u     22     Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus     

1985.01   09.04.1985   Anti-desertification campaign      
14u     2     Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus     

1985.02   14.08.1985   Audubon      
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
14u     228     Western Tanager    Piranga ludoviciana     
and     228     Scarlet Tanager    Piranga olivacea     
18u     66     Bonaparte's Gull    Chroicocephalus philadelphia     
19u     160     Blue Jay    Cyanocitta cristata     
44u     66     Black Skimmer    Rynchops niger     

1985.03   14.08.1985   Audubon      
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
100u     33     Anhinga    Anhinga anhinga     MS

1986.01   16.10.1986   Fishes and birds   4v set   
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
22u     25     Eurasian Spoonbill    Platalea leucorodia     
32u     66     Bridled Tern    Onychoprion anaethetus     

1987.01   15.12.1987   Fishes and birds   5v set   
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
18u     32     Great Cormorant    Phalacrocorax carbo     
80u     66     Royal Tern    Thalasseus maximus     

1994.01   Birds of Banc d'Arguin      
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
10u     66     Slender-billed Gull    Chroicocephalus genei     
30u     26     Western Reef Heron    Egretta gularis     
and     25     Eurasian Spoonbill    Platalea leucorodia     
and     26     Grey Heron    Ardea cinerea     
and     32     Reed Cormorant    Microcarbo africanus     
and     32     White-breasted Cormorant    Phalacrocorax lucidus     
and     30     Great White Pelican    Pelecanus onocrotalus     
and     66     Slender-billed Gull    Chroicocephalus genei     
40u     66     Little Tern    Sternula albifrons     
and     66     Gull-billed Tern    Gelochelidon nilotica     
and     66     Royal Tern    Thalasseus maximus     
and     66     Caspian Tern    Hydroprogne caspia     
and     66     Bridled Tern    Onychoprion anaethetus     
and     66     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     
50u     64     Dunlin    Calidris alpina     
and     64     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
and     58     Common Ringed Plover    Charadrius hiaticula     
and     64     Sanderling    Calidris alba     
and     64     Bar-tailed Godwit    Limosa lapponica     
and     58     Grey Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     

2000.01   05.11.2000   Birds of Madagascar   Sheet   

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Madagascar White-eye  Zosterops maderaspatanus Rainforest Scops Owl  Otus rutilus Nelicourvi Weaver  Ploceus nelicourvi
220u     194     Madagascar White-eye    Zosterops maderaspatanus     
220u     78     Rainforest Scops Owl    Otus rutilus     
220u     215     Nelicourvi Weaver    Ploceus nelicourvi     

2000.02   05.11.2000   Birds of Madagascar   Strip, white frames   2000.01

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Madagascar White-eye  Zosterops maderaspatanus Rainforest Scops Owl  Otus rutilus Nelicourvi Weaver  Ploceus nelicourvi
220u     194     Madagascar White-eye    Zosterops maderaspatanus     
220u     78     Rainforest Scops Owl    Otus rutilus     
220u     215     Nelicourvi Weaver    Ploceus nelicourvi     

Mauritania map

Location: Northern Africa
Population: 3.3 million
Climate: desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty
Terrain: mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills

Birds: 559 species

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21.02.2009