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Bird stamps of China
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 1906 Definitives No wmk Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1950 Surcharge on 1949.01 Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1962 Chen Chi-fo, The Sacred Crane Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1962 Chen Chi-fo, The Sacred Crane Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1962 Chen Chi-fo, The Sacred Crane Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 1979 Golden Pheasant
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 1979 Golden Pheasant Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 1979 Golden Pheasant Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 1980 Paintings of Qi Baishi Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis 1980 UNESCO 3v set Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 1982 Fan paintings
Not identified Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata 1982 Fan paintings Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 1982 Birds Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 1982 Birds
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis 1982 Birds Japanese Tit Parus minor 1982 Birds Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 1982 Birds Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus 1982 Birds MS
Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis 1982 Birds MS Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus 1982 Birds MS
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 1982 Birds MS Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus 1982 Birds MS Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1983 Swans
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1983 Swans Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 1983 Swans Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1983 Swans Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1983 Swans Booklet
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1983 Swans Booklet Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1983 Swans Booklet Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 1983 Swans Booklet Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 1983 Swans Booklet
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1984 Painting by Zhou Fang 3v set Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1984 Painting by Zhou Fang 3v set
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1984 Painting by Zhou Fang MS
Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon 1984 Japanese Crested Ibis Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon 1984 Japanese Crested Ibis Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon 1984 Japanese Crested Ibis
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1984 Youth friendship festival 3v set Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1984 35th anniversary of Peoples Republic Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus 1986 Great White Crane Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus 1986 Great White Crane
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus 1986 Great White Crane Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus 1986 Great White Crane MS
Black Kite Milvus migrans 1987 Birds of prey Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus 1987 Birds of prey Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis 1987 Birds of prey Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius 1987 Birds of prey
Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum 1989 Brown Eared Pheasant Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum 1989 Brown Eared Pheasant Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus 1989 Silk painting
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus 1989 Silk painting Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri 1991 Antarctic treaty Black Stork Ciconia nigra 1992 Storks
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana 1992 Storks Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 1992 Diplomatic relations with Japan 2v set Whooping Crane Grus americana 1994 Cranes Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis 1994 Cranes
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera 1995 Mount Dinghu 4v set Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo 1995 Owls Long-eared Owl Asio otus 1995 Owls Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 1995 Owls
Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris 1995 Owls Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 1997 Pheasants Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1997 Pheasants Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii 1998 Shennongjia Nature Reserve 4v set
Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon 2000 Protected wildlife 10v sheet Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum 2000 Protected wildlife 10v sheet Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 2000 Protected wildlife 10v sheet Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus 2001 Wildlife 10v sheet Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti 2002 Chinese birds
Xinjiang Ground Jay Podoces biddulphi 2002 Chinese birds Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea 2002 Chinese birds Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus 2002 Chinese birds Tibetan Bunting Emberiza koslowi 2002 Chinese birds Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri 2002 Antarctic landscape 3v set
Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea 2002 Antarctic landscape 3v set Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti 2002 Chinese birds Booklet Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus 2004 Chinese birds Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis 2004 Chinese birds Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 2004 Peafowl
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus 2004 Peafowl Green Peafowl Pavo muticus 2004 Peafowl MS Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 2005 Birds
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana 2005 Birds Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 2005 Birds Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 2005 Birds
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis 2006 Qinghai - Tibet railway open to traffic 3v set Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii 2006 Birds definitives Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps 2006 Birds definitives Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea 2008 Birds Sheet Tibetan Bunting Emberiza koslowi 2008 Birds Sheet
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti 2008 Birds Sheet Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi 2008 Birds Sheet Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 2008 Birds Sheet Xinjiang Ground Jay Podoces biddulphi 2008 Birds Sheet Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 2008 Region stamps 3v set
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis 2010 Shangri-La 4v set Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus 2011 Greetings Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus 2011 Greetings 2v sheet
Common Gull Larus canus 2011 Tianjin port MS Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 2012 Joint issue with Israel 2v set Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis 2012 Symbols 4v set
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis 2012 Symbols 2x4v sheet Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 2012 Chinese poetry 6v sheet, 3 rows Oriental Magpie Pica serica 2012 Chinese poetry 6v sheet, 3 rows Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 2012 Chinese poetry 6v sheet, 2 rows
Oriental Magpie Pica serica 2012 Chinese poetry 6v sheet, 2 rows Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2013 Beautiful China 6v set Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 2013 Beautiful China 6v set Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 2014 Raptors
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 2014 Raptors Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 2014 Raptors Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2014 Raptors Oriental Magpie Pica serica 2014 Huangmei Opera 3v set
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 2015 Mandarin Duck Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis 2015 Tibet 3v set Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana 2016 Beautiful China 4v set Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea 2016 Love bird
Oriental Magpie Pica serica 2017 Magpie Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana 2018 Beautiful China, stamp exhibition 2vx2 sheet Swan Goose Anser cygnoides 2018 Swan Goose Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 2018 The book of songs 6v set
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 2019 Childrens games 4v set Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana 2019 Poyang Lake 3v set Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana 2019 Poyang Lake 3v set
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 2019 Poyang Lake 3v set Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus 2019 Poyang Lake 3v set Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 2019 Solar terms 6v sheet
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 2020 Chagan Lake 3v set Greylag Goose Anser anser 2020 Chagan Lake 3v set Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi 2021 Protected wildlife 8v sheet
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 2021 Protected wildlife 8v sheet Green Peafowl Pavo muticus 2021 Protected wildlife 8v sheet Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 2022 Red Chamber MS Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris 2022 Pigeons
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus 2022 Pigeons Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota 2022 Pigeons Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii 2022 Pigeons
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti 2022 National park fauna 5v set
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Location: Eastern Asia
Population: 1,330 million
Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east

Birds: 1314 species. 52 endemic species.

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BIRD SPECIES SHOWN
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Japanese Tit Parus minor
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon
Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
Whooping Crane Grus americana
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti
Xinjiang Ground Jay Podoces biddulphi
Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus
Tibetan Bunting Emberiza koslowi
Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea
Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus
Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii
Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps
Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi
Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
Common Gull Larus canus
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Oriental Magpie Pica serica
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii

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