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1978.01   25.01.1978   Wild birds      
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8c     72 275 000     Pacific Imperial-Pigeon    Ducula pacifica     
20c     20 026 000     Pacific Reef-Heron    Egretta sacra     
30c     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     
40c     19 005 000     Lesser Frigatebird    Fregata ariel     

1985.01   12.02.1985   Audubon      
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
1c     104 150 000     Northern Flicker    Colaptes auratus     
1c     116 264 000     Say's Phoebe    Sayornis saya     
25c     197 023 000     Townsend's Warbler    Dendroica townsendi     
25c     129 001 000     Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus     
50c     197 046 000     Prothonotary Warbler    Protonotaria citrea     
50c     197 047 000     Worm-eating Warbler    Helmitheros vermivorum     
70c     30 177 000     Broad-winged Hawk    Buteo platypterus     
70c     30 084 000     Northern Harrier    Circus cyaneus     

1985.02   27.02.1985   Birds and their eggs      
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15c     67 028 000     Black-naped Tern    Sterna sumatrana     
40c     67 002 000     Black Noddy    Anous minutus     
50c     14 003 000     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
60c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1988.01   02.03.1988   Birds      
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus White Tern Gygis alba Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Red-footed Booby Sula sula Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Long-tailed Koel Eudynamys taitensis Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
5c     38 116 000     Red Junglefowl    Gallus gallus     
10c     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     
15c     67 001 000     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
20c     11 015 000     Phoenix Petrel    Pterodroma alba     
25c     60 026 000     Pacific Golden-Plover    Pluvialis fulva     
30c     67 040 000     Great Crested Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
35c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
40c     62 038 000     Bristle-thighed Curlew    Numenius tahitiensis     
45c     62 033 000     Bar-tailed Godwit    Limosa lapponica     
50c     20 026 000     Pacific Reef-Heron    Egretta sacra     
55c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
60c     16 009 000     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
70c     62 069 000     Red-necked Stint    Calidris ruficollis     
1$     76 054 000     Long-tailed Koel    Eudynamys taitensis     
2$     14 002 000     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
5$     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     

1989.01   22.02.1989   Overprint OFFICIAL on 1988.01      
5c     38 116 000     Red Junglefowl    Gallus gallus     
10c     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     
15c     67 001 000     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
20c     11 015 000     Phoenix Petrel    Pterodroma alba     
25c     60 026 000     Pacific Golden-Plover    Pluvialis fulva     
30c     67 040 000     Great Crested Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
35c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
40c     62 038 000     Bristle-thighed Curlew    Numenius tahitiensis     
45c     62 033 000     Bar-tailed Godwit    Limosa lapponica     
50c     20 026 000     Pacific Reef-Heron    Egretta sacra     
55c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
60c     16 009 000     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
70c     62 069 000     Red-necked Stint    Calidris ruficollis     
1$     76 054 000     Long-tailed Koel    Eudynamys taitensis     
2$     14 002 000     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
5$     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     

1993.01   02.11.1993   Environmental protection   4v set   
1.50$     66 022 000     European Herring Gull    Larus argentatus     p 13½

1993.02   02.11.1993   Environmental protection   4v sheet   1993.01
1.50$     66 022 000     European Herring Gull    Larus argentatus     p 14¼x14

1994.01   31.08.1994   SINGPEX '94      1988.01
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5c     38 116 000     Red Junglefowl    Gallus gallus     
10c     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     
40c     62 038 000     Bristle-thighed Curlew    Numenius tahitiensis     
45c     62 033 000     Bar-tailed Godwit    Limosa lapponica     

1997.01   29.05.1997   Pacific 97   4v set   
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60c     27 097 000     Pacific Black Duck    Anas superciliosa     
1.50$     27 064 000     Mandarin Duck    Aix galericulata     

1999.01   11.06.1999   Kosovo relief overprint on 1988.01      
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20c     11 015 000     Phoenix Petrel    Pterodroma alba     
35c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
55c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
1$     76 054 000     Long-tailed Koel    Eudynamys taitensis     

2000.01   08.03.2000   Marine life   6v sheet   
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90c     67 032 000     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     
90c     14 001 000     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     

2000.02   08.03.2000   Marine life   6v sheet   
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90c
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2000.03   08.03.2000   Marine life   6v sheet   
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90c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
90c     16 010 000     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
90c     62 065 000     Red Knot    Calidris canutus     

2000.04   01.06.2000   Birds of the South Pacific   Sheet   
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Collared Kingfisher  Todirhamphus chloris Mottled Petrel  Pterodroma inexpectata Superb Fairywren  Malurus cyaneus Osprey  Pandion haliaetus Great Cormorant  Phalacrocorax carbo Peregrine Falcon  Falco peregrinus
90c     89 056 000     Collared Kingfisher    Todirhamphus chloris     
90c     11 016 000     Mottled Petrel    Pterodroma inexpectata     
90c     153 007 000     Superb Fairywren    Malurus cyaneus     
90c     29 001 000     Osprey    Pandion haliaetus     
90c     17 005 000     Great Cormorant    Phalacrocorax carbo     
90c     32 064 000     Peregrine Falcon    Falco peregrinus     

2000.05   01.06.2000   Birds of the South Pacific   Sheet   
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Rainbow Lorikeet  Trichoglossus haematodus White-throated Treecreeper  Cormobates leucophaea Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher  Tanysiptera sylvia Golden Whistler  Pachycephala pectoralis Black-bellied Plover  Pluvialis squatarola Beach Thick-knee  Burhinus magnirostris
90c     74 013 000     Rainbow Lorikeet    Trichoglossus haematodus     
90c     157 002 000     White-throated Treecreeper    Cormobates leucophaea     
90c     89 084 000     Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher    Tanysiptera sylvia     
90c     145 027 000     Golden Whistler    Pachycephala pectoralis     
90c     60 029 000     Black-bellied Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     
90c     58 009 000     Beach Thick-knee    Burhinus magnirostris     

2000.06   01.06.2000   Birds of the South Pacific   Sheet   
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Red-billed Leiothrix  Leiothrix lutea Grey Shrike-thrush  Colluricincla harmonica Great Frigatebird  Fregata minor Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis Chestnut-breasted Munia  Lonchura castaneothorax White Tern  Gygis alba
90c     147 207 000     Red-billed Leiothrix    Leiothrix lutea     
90c     145 049 000     Grey Shrike-thrush    Colluricincla harmonica     
90c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
90c     89 002 000     Common Kingfisher    Alcedo atthis     
90c     191 133 000     Chestnut-breasted Munia    Lonchura castaneothorax     
90c     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     

2000.07   01.06.2000   Birds of the South Pacific      
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Broad-billed Prion  Pachyptila vittata Morepork  Ninox novaeseelandiae
3$     11 042 000     Broad-billed Prion    Pachyptila vittata     MS
3$     78 171 000     Morepork    Ninox novaeseelandiae     MS

2000.08   03.08.2000   Birds of Tuvalu   Sheet   
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Red-footed Booby  Sula sula Red-tailed Tropicbird  Phaethon rubricauda Black-bellied Plover  Pluvialis squatarola Common Tern  Sterna hirundo Ruddy Turnstone  Arenaria interpres Sanderling  Calidris alba
90c     16 009 000     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
90c     14 002 000     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
90c     60 029 000     Black-bellied Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     
90c     67 032 000     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     
90c     62 061 000     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
90c     62 066 000     Sanderling    Calidris alba     

2000.09   03.08.2000   Animals of Tuvalu   6v sheet   
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90c     67 001 000     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
90c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     

2000.10   03.08.2000   Birds of Tuvalu      
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3$     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     MS

2004.01   16.12.2003   Birds   Sheet   
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1.25$     139 004 000     Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    Polioptila caerulea     
1.25$     193 002 000     White-eyed Vireo    Vireo griseus     
1.25$     46 050 000     Clapper Rail    Rallus longirostris     
1.25$     43 007 000     Sandhill Crane    Grus canadensis     

2004.02   16.12.2003   Birds      
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3$     201 294 000     Grasshopper Sparrow    Ammodramus savannarum     MS

2006.01   23.11.2006   Birds   Sheet   
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Eurasian Reed-Warbler  Acrocephalus scirpaceus Indian Pitta  Pitta brachyura Gurney's Pitta  Pitta gurneyi Northern Shrike  Lanius excubitor
1$     138 075 000     Eurasian Reed-Warbler    Acrocephalus scirpaceus     
1$     108 025 000     Indian Pitta    Pitta brachyura     
1$     108 010 000     Gurney's Pitta    Pitta gurneyi     
1$     174 014 000     Northern Shrike    Lanius excubitor     

2006.02   23.11.2006   Birds      
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Splendid Fairywren  Malurus splendens
3$     153 008 000     Splendid Fairywren    Malurus splendens     MS

Tuvalu map

Location: Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean
Population: 12,100
Climate: tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds; westerly gales and heavy rain
Terrain: very low-lying and narrow coral atolls

Birds: 34 species

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30.05.2008