Bird stamps of Bulgaria
Great Tit Parus major  1959 Birds Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  1959 Birds Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major  1959 Birds Grey Partridge Perdix perdix  1959 Birds
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca  1959 Birds Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus  1959 Birds Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus  1961 Birds Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus  1961 Birds
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus  1961 Birds Great Bustard Otis tarda  1961 Birds Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus  1961 Birds Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia  1961 Birds Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula  1965 Birds
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus  1965 Birds Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis  1965 Birds Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  1965 Birds European Roller Coracias garrulus  1965 Birds European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis  1965 Birds
Rosy Starling Pastor roseus  1965 Birds Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos  1965 Birds Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus  1967 Hunting 6v set Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar  1967 Hunting 6v set
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix  1967 Hunting 6v set Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus  1968 Sofia Zoo 6v set Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina  1968 Sofia Zoo 6v set Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus  1968 Srebirna wildlife reservation
Little Egret Egretta garzetta  1968 Srebirna wildlife reservation Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus  1968 Srebirna wildlife reservation Common Tern Sterna hirundo  1968 Srebirna wildlife reservation
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia  1968 Srebirna wildlife reservation Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus  1968 Srebirna wildlife reservation Mute Swan Cygnus olor  1976 Waterfowl
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea  1976 Waterfowl Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna  1976 Waterfowl
Garganey Spatula querquedula  1976 Waterfowl Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  1976 Waterfowl
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina  1976 Waterfowl Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius  1978 Woodpeckers Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus  1978 Woodpeckers Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus  1978 Woodpeckers
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius  1978 Woodpeckers Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor  1978 Woodpeckers European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis  1978 Woodpeckers Little Owl Athene noctua  1980 European nature conservation year Sheet Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis  1980 European nature conservation year Sheet
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  1980 European nature conservation year Sheet Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  1980 European nature conservation year Sheet Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo  1980 European nature conservation year Sheet Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides  1981 Birds Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris  1981 Birds
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  1981 Birds Great Egret Ardea alba  1981 Birds Black Stork Ciconia nigra  1981 Birds Rock Dove Columba livia  1984 Pigeons and doves 5v set
Stock Dove Columba oenas  1984 Pigeons and doves 5v set Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus  1984 Pigeons and doves 5v set European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  1984 Pigeons and doves 5v set Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus  1984 WWF, Dalmatian Pelican Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus  1984 WWF, Dalmatian Pelican
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus  1984 WWF, Dalmatian Pelican Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus  1984 WWF, Dalmatian Pelican Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar  1985 Hunting dogs 7v set Common Pochard Aythya ferina  1985 Hunting dogs 7v set
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  1985 Hunting dogs 7v set Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  1985 Hunting dogs 7v set White Stork Ciconia ciconia  1986 Nature and environment protection 4v sheet Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes  1987 Birds
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella  1987 Birds Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea  1987 Birds Common Blackbird Turdus merula  1987 Birds Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes  1987 Birds White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus  1987 Birds
Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes  1987 Birds Sheet Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella  1987 Birds Sheet Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea  1987 Birds Sheet Common Blackbird Turdus merula  1987 Birds Sheet Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes  1987 Birds Sheet
White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus  1987 Birds Sheet Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis  1988 Birds White Stork Ciconia ciconia  1988 Birds Hooded Crow Corvus cornix  1988 Birds Grey Heron Ardea cinerea  1988 Birds
Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis  1988 Birds Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo  1988 Birds Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus  1988 Sofia Zoo 6v set Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus  1988 Sofia Zoo 6v set
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus  1988 Sofia Zoo 6v set Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus  1988 Sofia Zoo 6v sheet Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus  1988 Sofia Zoo 6v sheet
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus  1988 Sofia Zoo 6v sheet Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus  1989 Natural history museum White-naped Crane Antigone vipio  1989 Environment protection Sheet White-naped Crane Antigone vipio  1989 Environment protection Sheet
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo  1991 Farm animals 11v set Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus  1992 Owls Tawny Owl Strix aluco  1992 Owls Long-eared Owl Asio otus  1992 Owls
Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops  1992 Owls Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus  1992 Owls Western Barn Owl Tyto alba  1992 Owls Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  1993 Hunting 6v set
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus  1993 Hunting 6v set Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx lithografica  1994 Prehistoric animals 6v set Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca  1995 Nature protection conference 2v sheet
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki  1995 Antarctic animals 6v set Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri  1995 Antarctic animals 6v set Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus  1999 Bulgaria 99 Sheet Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius  1999 Bulgaria 99 Sheet Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus  1999 Bulgaria 99 Sheet
Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus  1999 Bulgaria 99 Sheet Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina  1999 Europa 2v set Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor  1999 Birds Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus  1999 Birds Dunnock Prunella modularis  1999 Birds
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana  1999 Birds White Stork Ciconia ciconia  2000 Storks  MS Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  2001 Europa 2v set Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  2001 Europa 2v booklet
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus  2001 Vultures Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus  2001 Vultures Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus  2001 Vultures
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus  2001 Vultures Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus  2002 Balkanmax 2002 2v sheet Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus  2002 National Antarctic expedition Sheet Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus  2002 Domestic fowl races 4v set
Red Kite Milvus milvus  2004 Ecology 2v sheet Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus  2006 Harriers Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus  2006 Harriers Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus  2006 Harriers
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus  2006 Harriers Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus  2007 100th birth anniversary of Emilian Stanev White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla  2007 Ropotamo 2v sheet
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla  2007 Ropotamo Booklet Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  2007 Protected birds Sheet Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria  2007 Protected birds Sheet Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus  2007 Protected birds Sheet
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  2007 Protected birds Sheet Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  2007 Protected birds Booklet Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria  2007 Protected birds Booklet Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus  2007 Protected birds Booklet Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  2007 Protected birds Booklet
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki  2008 International polar year 2v sheet Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua  2008 International polar year 2v sheet Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna  2008 Sofia Zoo 6v sheet Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina  2008 Strandzha 2v sheet
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  2009 Balkan Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis  2009 Balkan Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  2009 Balkan Sheet, imp Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis  2009 Balkan Sheet, imp
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus  2009 Preserve the polar regions and glaciers Sheet King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus  2009 Preserve the polar regions and glaciers Sheet Little Penguin Eudyptula minor  2009 Preserve the polar regions and glaciers Sheet Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome  2009 Preserve the polar regions and glaciers Sheet
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus  2009 Preserve the polar regions and glaciers Sheet Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri  2009 Preserve the polar regions and glaciers Sheet White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla  2009 Preserve the polar regions and glaciers Sheet Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo  2009 Owls
Little Owl Athene noctua  2009 Owls Ural Owl Strix uralensis  2009 Owls Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum  2009 Owls Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus  2010 Region 4v sheet
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus  2010 Balkanfila imp Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  2011 Europa 2v set Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  2011 Europa Sheet Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola  2011 Europa Booklet
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos  2011 Regions 4v sheet Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua  2012 Bulgarian Antarctic expedition
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua  2012 Bulgarian Antarctic expedition imp Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus  2013 Mantaritsa nature reserve  MS
Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes  2013 Regions 4v sheet Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus  2014 Songbirds Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes  2014 Songbirds
Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis  2014 Songbirds Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina  2014 Songbirds Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus  2014 Songbirds Sheet
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes  2014 Songbirds Sheet Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis  2014 Songbirds Sheet Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina  2014 Songbirds Sheet
White Stork Ciconia ciconia  2016 Bulgaria - Israel, bird migration Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus  2016 Wiki loves earth, photo competition Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus  2016 Wiki loves earth, photo competition 4x2l sheet Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis  2017 Sparrows
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  2017 Sparrows House Sparrow Passer domesticus  2017 Sparrows Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia  2017 Sparrows Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis  2017 Sparrows Sheet Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  2017 Sparrows Sheet
House Sparrow Passer domesticus  2017 Sparrows Sheet Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia  2017 Sparrows Sheet Great Auk Pinguinus impennis †  2018 Extinct species 4v set
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis †  2018 Extinct species Sheet Great Auk Pinguinus impennis †  2018 Extinct species Sheet Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route ce
Little Egret Egretta garzetta  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route ce Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route ce Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route ce Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route Sheet, ce
Little Egret Egretta garzetta  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route Sheet, ce Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route Sheet, ce Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route Sheet, ce Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route Sheet with 2 sets, no ce
Little Egret Egretta garzetta  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route Sheet with 2 sets, no ce Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route Sheet with 2 sets, no ce Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus  2019 Via Pontica bird migratory route Sheet with 2 sets, no ce
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus  2019 Europa Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia  2019 Europa Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus  2019 Europa Sheet
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia  2019 Europa Sheet Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus  2019 Europa Booklet Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus  2019 Europa Booklet
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus  2020 Antarctica 2v sheet Grey Partridge Perdix perdix  2021 Game birds Common Quail Coturnix coturnix  2021 Game birds
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus  2021 Game birds Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2021 Game birds Grey Partridge Perdix perdix  2021 Game birds Sheet
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix  2021 Game birds Sheet Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus  2021 Game birds Sheet Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2021 Game birds Sheet
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus  2023 Vulture  MS
Bulgaria map

Location: Southeastern Europe
Population: 7.8 million
Climate: temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
Terrain: mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast

Birds: 402 species

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BIRD SPECIES SHOWN

Great Tit Parus major
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Great Bustard Otis tarda
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
European Roller Coracias garrulus
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Little Owl Athene noctua
Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Great Egret Ardea alba
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Rock Dove Columba livia
Stock Dove Columba oenas
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Common Pochard Aythya ferina
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
White-naped Crane Antigone vipio
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx lithografica
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Dunnock Prunella modularis
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua
Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus
Ural Owl Strix uralensis
Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis †
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix


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