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Nigeria
Bird stamps from Nigeria

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1961.01   01.01.1961   Definitives      
Yellow-casqued Wattled Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
1s     98     Yellow-casqued Wattled Hornbill    Ceratogymna elata     

1966.01   01.04.1966   Definitives      
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
2d     215     Red-headed Malimbe    Malimbus rubricollis     
and     215     Village Weaver    Ploceus cucullatus     

1966.02   02.05.1966   Definitives      
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
1½d     213     Splendid Sunbird    Cinnyris coccinigastrus     
6d     24     Saddle-billed Stork    Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis     
1s     92     Blue-breasted Kingfisher    Halcyon malimbica     
1s3d     48     Grey Crowned Crane    Balearica regulorum     
1£     26     Western Cattle Egret    Bubulcus ibis     

1966.03   17.10.1966   Definitives      
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
9d     73     Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus     

1984.01   24.10.1984   Rare birds      
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus
10k     217     Pin-tailed Whydah    Vidua macroura     
25k     58     Spur-winged Lapwing    Vanellus spinosus     
30k     215     Northern Red Bishop    Euplectes franciscanus     
45k     11     Double-spurred Francolin    Pternistis bicalcaratus     

1990.01   08.11.1990   Wildlife   4v set   
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas
20k     73     Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus     
1.50n     165     Grey-necked Rockfowl    Picathartes oreas     

1990.02   08.11.1990   Wildlife   4v sheet   1990.01
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas
20k     73     Grey Parrot    Psittacus erithacus     
1.50n     165     Grey-necked Rockfowl    Picathartes oreas     

1993.01   Wildlife   4v set   
5n     48     Blue Crane    Anthropoides paradiseus     

1999.01   08.06.1999   FEPA   4v set   
Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
30n     95     Southern Carmine Bee-eater    Merops nubicoides     

2001.01   15.06.2001   Definitives   8v set   
Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis Fire-bellied Woodpecker Dendropicos pyrrhogaster
10n     217     Sahel Paradise Whydah    Vidua orientalis     
15n     106     Fire-bellied Woodpecker    Dendropicos pyrrhogaster     

Nigeria map

Location: Western Africa
Population: 138.2 million
Climate: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
Terrain: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north

Birds: 940 species. 4 endemic species.

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18.03.2009