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Bird stamps of Cocos Islands
White Tern Gygis alba 1963 Definitives Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1969 Definitives Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora 1969 Definitives Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda 1969 Definitives Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1969 Definitives
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 1969 Definitives Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 1969 Definitives Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 1976 Ships 12v set Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1976 Ships 12v set Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1979 Christmas 2v set Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1985 Cable-laying ships 3v set
Red-footed Booby Sula sula 1985 Birds Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 1985 Birds Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1985 Birds Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 1986 Charles Darwin 3v set
Great Egret Ardea alba 1988 Arrival of first fleet 5v strip Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 1988 Arrival of first fleet 5v strip White Tern Gygis alba 1988 Stamp anniversary, stamp on stamp 6v set Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1992 WWF, Banded Rail Strip
Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1992 WWF, Banded Rail Strip Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1992 WWF, Banded Rail Strip Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1992 WWF, Banded Rail Strip Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1992 Endangered species, Banded Rail Sheet
Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1992 Endangered species, Banded Rail Sheet Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 1992 Endangered species, Banded Rail Sheet White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1995 Seabirds Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1995 Seabirds
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 1995 Seabirds White Tern Gygis alba 1995 Seabirds White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1995 Seabirds Sheet Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1995 Seabirds Sheet
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 1995 Seabirds Sheet White Tern Gygis alba 1995 Seabirds Sheet White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1995 JAKARTA 95 Sheet Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1995 JAKARTA 95 Sheet
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 1995 JAKARTA 95 Sheet White Tern Gygis alba 1995 JAKARTA 95 Sheet White Tern Gygis alba 1996 Hari Raya Puasa festival 3v set Common Ostrich Struthio camelus 1996 Quarantine station
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda 1999 Living mosaic 20v sheet Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1999 Living mosaic 20v sheet Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel 1999 Living mosaic 20v sheet Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 1999 Living mosaic 20v sheet
White Tern Gygis alba 1999 Living mosaic 20v sheet Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 1999 Living mosaic 20v sheet Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda 1999 Living mosaic 20v sheet Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 2003 Shoreline birds Strip
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2003 Shoreline birds Strip Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2003 Shoreline birds Strip Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 2003 Shoreline birds Strip Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 2003 Shoreline birds Strip
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 2006 Coral reefs 20v sheet Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2006 Coral reefs 20v sheet Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2006 Coral reefs 20v sheet White Tern Gygis alba 2006 Coral reefs 20v sheet Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 2006 Coral reefs 20v sheet Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 2008 Visiting birds
Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus 2008 Visiting birds White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 2008 Visiting birds Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi 2008 Visiting birds Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 2013 50 years of stamps 5v set Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 2013 50 years of stamps 5v sheet
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica 2015 WWF Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 2015 WWF Little Curlew Numenius minutus 2015 WWF Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri 2015 WWF Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 2020 Booby birds
Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2020 Booby birds Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2020 Booby birds Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 2020 Booby birds Sheet Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2020 Booby birds Sheet Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2020 Booby birds Sheet White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 2023 White-breasted Waterhen
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 2023 White-breasted Waterhen White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 2023 White-breasted Waterhen Sheet White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 2023 White-breasted Waterhen Sheet
Cocos (Keeling) Islands map

Location: Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean
Population: 596
Climate: pleasant, modified by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall
Terrain: flat, low-lying coral atolls

Birds: 85 species

Links:
Australia Post postal administration website
Hari Raya Puasa festival web search



BIRD SPECIES SHOWN
White Tern Gygis alba
Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis
Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Great Egret Ardea alba
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri

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