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Bird stamps of Samoa
Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris 1952 Definitives Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda 1965 Air Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus 1967 Birds Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica 1967 Birds
Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca 1967 Birds Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris 1967 Birds Red-headed Parrotfinch Erythrura cyaneovirens 1967 Birds Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus 1967 Birds
Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica 1967 Birds Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris 1967 Birds Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus 1967 Birds Samoan Fantail Rhipidura nebulosa 1967 Birds
Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus 1968 Surcharge on 1967.01 Mao Gymnomyza samoensis 1969 Birds Samoan White-eye Zosterops samoensis 1969 Birds
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 1972 Definitives Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa 1988 Birds Samoan Woodhen Gallinula pacifica † 1988 Birds Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris 1988 Birds Samoan Fantail Rhipidura nebulosa 1988 Birds
Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla 1988 Birds Mao Gymnomyza samoensis 1988 Birds Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis 1988 Birds Samoan Whistler Pachycephala flavifrons 1988 Birds Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii 1988 Birds
Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis 1988 Birds Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus 1988 National conservation campaign 6v set Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis 1988 National conservation campaign 6v set Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris 1988 National conservation campaign 6v set
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 1989 Birds Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 1989 Birds Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 1989 Birds
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus 1989 Birds White Tern Gygis alba 1989 Birds Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini 1989 Birds
Black-capped Lory Lorius lory 1991 Parrots Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus 1991 Parrots Scarlet Macaw Ara macao 1991 Parrots Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus 1991 Parrots
Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii 1997 Hong Kong 97 MS Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii 1998 Definitives Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 2004 Seabirds of Samoa
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Sheet
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Sheet Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Sheet Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Sheet Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 2004 Seabirds of Samoa Sheet
Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla 2009 WWF Sheet with 2 sets Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa 2009 WWF Sheet with 2 sets Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis 2009 WWF Sheet with 2 sets Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus 2009 WWF Sheet with 2 sets
Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii 2011 WWF Sheet with 2 sets Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii 2011 WWF Sheet with 2 sets Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii 2011 WWF Sheet with 2 sets Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii 2011 WWF Sheet with 2 sets
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2013 Definitives 12v set Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris 2013 Definitives 12v set Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa 2013 Definitives 12v set Samoan White-eye Zosterops samoensis 2013 Definitives 12v set
Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa 2013 Definitives 12v set Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis 2013 Definitives 12v set Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes 2013 Definitives 12v set Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris 2013 Definitives 12v set
Tongan Ground Dove Pampusana stairi 2013 Definitives 12v set Mao Gymnomyza samoensis 2013 Definitives 12v set Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set
Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set Samoan White-eye Zosterops samoensis 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set
Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set Tongan Ground Dove Pampusana stairi 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set Mao Gymnomyza samoensis 2014 Definitives overprinted OFFICIAL 12v set
Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 Pacific marine life 12v set White Tern Gygis alba 2016 Pacific marine life 12v set Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2016 Pacific marine life 12v set Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 2016 Pacific marine life 12v set Ornate Lorikeet Saudareos ornata 2016 Animals of the world 20v set
Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata 2016 Animals of the world 20v set Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi 2016 Animals of the world 20v set Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 2016 Animals of the world 20v set
Samoa (Western Samoa) map

Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean
Population: 217,000
Climate: tropical; rainy season, dry season
Terrain: narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior

Birds: 82 species; 10 endemic



BIRD SPECIES SHOWN
Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus
Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica
Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca
Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris
Red-headed Parrotfinch Erythrura cyaneovirens
Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
Samoan Fantail Rhipidura nebulosa
Mao Gymnomyza samoensis
Samoan White-eye Zosterops samoensis
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa
Samoan Woodhen Gallinula pacifica †
Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris
Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla
Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis
Samoan Whistler Pachycephala flavifrons
Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii
Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
White Tern Gygis alba
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes
Tongan Ground Dove Pampusana stairi
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Ornate Lorikeet Saudareos ornata
Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus

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