Bird stamps of Iraq
White Stork Ciconia ciconia  1966 Arab international tourist union 4v set White Stork Ciconia ciconia  1966 Arab international tourist union 4v set White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis  1968 Iraqi birds Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  1968 Iraqi birds Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius  1968 Iraqi birds
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus  1968 Iraqi birds White Stork Ciconia ciconia  1968 Iraqi birds Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus  1968 Iraqi birds Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris  1968 Iraqi birds
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  1976 Birds European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  1976 Birds Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata  1976 Birds Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius  1976 Birds Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  1976 Birds
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  1976 Birds Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  1976 Inscription OFFICIAL on 1976.01 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  1976 Inscription OFFICIAL on 1976.01 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata  1976 Inscription OFFICIAL on 1976.01 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius  1976 Inscription OFFICIAL on 1976.01
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  1976 Inscription OFFICIAL on 1976.01 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  1976 Inscription OFFICIAL on 1976.01 White Stork Ciconia ciconia  1982 Mosul spring festival 4v set White Stork Ciconia ciconia  1982 Mosul spring festival 4v set Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2000 Birds
House Sparrow Passer domesticus  2000 Birds Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus  2000 Birds European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis  2000 Birds
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  2002 Victory Day Greylag Goose Anser anser  2007 Birds Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus  2007 Birds
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata  2007 Birds Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2007 Birds Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2009 Marshes
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope  2009 Marshes Ichtyornis Ichtyornis sp  2010 Prehistoric animals 8v sheet Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx lithografica  2010 Prehistoric animals 8v sheet
Diatryma Diatryma sp  2010 Prehistoric animals 8v sheet Phororhacos Phororhacus sp  2010 Prehistoric animals 8v sheet
Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx lithografica  2010 Prehistoric animals Great Egret Ardea alba  2011 International year of biodiversity 4v set
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  2011 International year of biodiversity
Great Egret Ardea alba  2011 International year of biodiversity
Northern Pintail Anas acuta  2011 International year of biodiversity
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope  2011 International year of biodiversity
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina  2011 International year of biodiversity
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2011 International year of biodiversity
Gadwall Mareca strepera  2011 International year of biodiversity
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus  2011 Ramsar Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus  2011 Ramsar Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus  2011 Ramsar Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus  2012 Falcons
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus  2012 Falcons Saker Falcon Falco cherrug  2012 Falcons Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus  2012 Falcons
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus  2012 Falcons Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  2015 Iraqi birds Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus  2015 Iraqi birds
European Robin Erithacus rubecula  2015 Iraqi birds Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  2015 Iraqi birds European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis  2015 Iraqi birds
European Robin Erithacus rubecula  2015 Iraqi birds
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis  2015 Iraqi birds
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  2015 Iraqi birds
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  2015 Iraqi birds
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus  2015 Iraqi birds Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2015 Marshes of South Iraq 2v set
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus  2016 Farm pets 4v set Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus  2016 Farm pets Bluethroat Luscinia svecica  2019 Birds
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes  2019 Birds Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs  2019 Birds Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus  2019 Birds
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica  2019 Birds
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus  2019 Birds
Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs  2019 Birds
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes  2019 Birds White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis  2021 Centennial of the Iraqi state
House Sparrow Passer domesticus  2021 Centennial of the Iraqi state Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2021 Centennial of the Iraqi state
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis  2021 Centennial of the Iraqi state
House Sparrow Passer domesticus  2021 Centennial of the Iraqi state
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2021 Centennial of the Iraqi state
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis  2023 Arab Gulf Cup 7v set Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis  2023 Arab Gulf Cup 4v sheet
Iraq map

Location: Middle East
Population: 28.2 million
Climate: mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers
Terrain: mostly broad plains; reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey

Birds: 415 species



BIRD SPECIES SHOWN

White Stork Ciconia ciconia
White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Ichtyornis Ichtyornis sp
Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx lithografica
Diatryma Diatryma sp
Phororhacos Phororhacus sp
Great Egret Ardea alba
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis


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