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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1978.01   25.01.1978   Wild birds      
Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra White Tern Gygis alba Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
8c     70     Pacific Imperial Pigeon    Ducula pacifica     
20c     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     
30c     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
40c     27     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     106     Northern Flicker    Colaptes auratus     
1c     117     Say's Phoebe    Sayornis saya     
25c     223     Townsend's Warbler    Dendroica townsendi     
25c     168     Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus     
50c     223     Prothonotary Warbler    Protonotaria citrea     
50c     223     Worm-eating Warbler    Helmitheros vermivorum     
70c     37     Broad-winged Hawk    Buteo platypterus     
70c     37     Northern Harrier    Circus cyaneus     

1985.02   27.02.1985   Birds and their eggs      
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Black Noddy Anous minutus White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
15c     66     Black-naped Tern    Sterna sumatrana     
40c     66     Black Noddy    Anous minutus     
50c     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
60c     66     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 Swift 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 Cuckoo Urodynamis taitensis Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
5c     11     Red Junglefowl    Gallus gallus     
10c     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
15c     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
20c     18     Phoenix Petrel    Pterodroma alba     
25c     58     Pacific Golden Plover    Pluvialis fulva     
30c     66     Swift Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
35c     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
40c     64     Bristle-thighed Curlew    Numenius tahitiensis     
45c     64     Bar-tailed Godwit    Limosa lapponica     
50c     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     
55c     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
60c     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
70c     64     Red-necked Stint    Calidris ruficollis     
1$     76     Long-tailed Cuckoo    Urodynamis taitensis     
2$     23     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
5$     46     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     

1989.01   22.02.1989   Overprint OFFICIAL on 1988.01      
5c     11     Red Junglefowl    Gallus gallus     
10c     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
15c     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
20c     18     Phoenix Petrel    Pterodroma alba     
25c     58     Pacific Golden Plover    Pluvialis fulva     
30c     66     Swift Tern    Thalasseus bergii     
35c     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
40c     64     Bristle-thighed Curlew    Numenius tahitiensis     
45c     64     Bar-tailed Godwit    Limosa lapponica     
50c     26     Pacific Reef Heron    Egretta sacra     
55c     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
60c     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
70c     64     Red-necked Stint    Calidris ruficollis     
1$     76     Long-tailed Cuckoo    Urodynamis taitensis     
2$     23     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
5$     46     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     

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

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

1994.01   31.08.1994   SINGPEX '94      1988.01
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus White Tern Gygis alba Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
5c     11     Red Junglefowl    Gallus gallus     
10c     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
40c     64     Bristle-thighed Curlew    Numenius tahitiensis     
45c     64     Bar-tailed Godwit    Limosa lapponica     

1997.01   29.05.1997   Pacific 97   4v set   
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
60c     14     Pacific Black Duck    Anas superciliosa     
1.50$     14     Mandarin Duck    Aix galericulata     

1999.01   11.06.1999   Kosovo relief overprint on 1988.01      
Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Long-tailed Cuckoo Urodynamis taitensis
20c     18     Phoenix Petrel    Pterodroma alba     
35c     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
55c     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
1$     76     Long-tailed Cuckoo    Urodynamis taitensis     

2000.01   08.03.2000   Marine life   6v sheet   
Common Tern Sterna hirundo Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
90c     66     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     
90c     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     

2000.02   08.03.2000   Marine life   6v sheet   
Not identified Not identified
90c
    Not identified     

2000.03   08.03.2000   Marine life   6v sheet   
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Red Knot Calidris canutus
90c     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
90c     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
90c     64     Red Knot    Calidris canutus     

2000.04   01.06.2000   Birds of the South Pacific   Sheet   

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Collared Kingfisher  Todiramphus chloris Mottled Petrel  Pterodroma inexpectata Superb Fairywren  Malurus cyaneus Western Osprey  Pandion haliaetus Great Cormorant  Phalacrocorax carbo Peregrine Falcon  Falco peregrinus
90c     92     Collared Kingfisher    Todiramphus chloris     
90c     18     Mottled Petrel    Pterodroma inexpectata     
90c     127     Superb Fairywren    Malurus cyaneus     
90c     36     Western Osprey    Pandion haliaetus     
90c     32     Great Cormorant    Phalacrocorax carbo     
90c     38     Peregrine Falcon    Falco peregrinus     

2000.05   01.06.2000   Birds of the South Pacific   Sheet   

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Coconut Lorikeet  Trichoglossus haematodus White-throated Treecreeper  Cormobates leucophaea Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher  Tanysiptera sylvia Australian Golden Whistler  Pachycephala pectoralis Grey Plover  Pluvialis squatarola Beach Stone-curlew  Esacus neglectus
90c     73     Coconut Lorikeet    Trichoglossus haematodus     
90c     126     White-throated Treecreeper    Cormobates leucophaea     
90c     92     Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher    Tanysiptera sylvia     
90c     153     Australian Golden Whistler    Pachycephala pectoralis     
90c     58     Grey Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     
90c     51     Beach Stone-curlew    Esacus neglectus     

2000.06   01.06.2000   Birds of the South Pacific   Sheet   

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Red-billed Leiothrix  Leiothrix lutea Grey Shrikethrush  Colluricincla harmonica Great Frigatebird  Fregata minor Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis Chestnut-breasted Munia  Lonchura castaneothorax White Tern  Gygis alba
90c     191     Red-billed Leiothrix    Leiothrix lutea     
90c     153     Grey Shrikethrush    Colluricincla harmonica     
90c     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
90c     92     Common Kingfisher    Alcedo atthis     
90c     216     Chestnut-breasted Munia    Lonchura castaneothorax     
90c     66     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$     18     Broad-billed Prion    Pachyptila vittata     MS
3$     78     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 Grey Plover  Pluvialis squatarola Common Tern  Sterna hirundo Ruddy Turnstone  Arenaria interpres Sanderling  Calidris alba
90c     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
90c     23     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
90c     58     Grey Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     
90c     66     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     
90c     64     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
90c     64     Sanderling    Calidris alba     

2000.09   03.08.2000   Animals of Tuvalu   6v sheet   
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
90c     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
90c     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     

2000.10   03.08.2000   Birds of Tuvalu      
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
3$     27     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     MS

2003.01   16.12.2003   Birds   Sheet   

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Blue-grey Gnatcatcher  Polioptila caerulea White-eyed Vireo  Vireo griseus Clapper Rail  Rallus longirostris Sandhill Crane  Grus canadensis
1.25$     200     Blue-grey Gnatcatcher    Polioptila caerulea     
1.25$     155     White-eyed Vireo    Vireo griseus     
1.25$     46     Clapper Rail    Rallus longirostris     
1.25$     48     Sandhill Crane    Grus canadensis     

2003.02   16.12.2003   Birds      
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
3$     227     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 Great Grey Shrike  Lanius excubitor
1$     185     Eurasian Reed Warbler    Acrocephalus scirpaceus     
1$     109     Indian Pitta    Pitta brachyura     
1$     109     Gurney's Pitta    Pitta gurneyi     
1$     154     Great Grey Shrike    Lanius excubitor     

2006.02   23.11.2006   Birds      
Splendid Fairywren Malurus splendens
3$     127     Splendid Fairywren    Malurus splendens     MS

2008.01   Birds of Tuvalu   Sheet   

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Magnificent Frigatebird  Fregata magnificens Townsend's Warbler  Dendroica townsendi Sooty Tern  Onychoprion fuscatus Brown Noddy  Anous stolidus Masked Booby  Sula dactylatra Red-tailed Tropicbird  Phaethon rubricauda
1$     27     Magnificent Frigatebird    Fregata magnificens     
1$     223     Townsend's Warbler    Dendroica townsendi     
1$     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
1$     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
1$     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
1$     23     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     

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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23.02.2009