List of birds on stamps of Bhutan
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| Year | Date | Type | Species | Author Species | Value | Stamps Catalogues | Taxonomy | ||||
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| 1968 | (20.01) | NOR | Tragopan satyra | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1c | 92 | 143 | 179 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
| NOR | Lophophorus sclateri | Jerdon, 1870 | 2c | 92A | 144 | 180 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Lophophorus impejanus | (Latham, 1790) | 4c | 92B | 145 | 181 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Lophura leucomelanos | (Latham, 1790) | 8c | 92C | 146 | 182 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Crossoptilon crossoptilon | (Hodgson, 1838) | 15c | 92D | 147 | 183 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Tragopan satyra | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 2n | 92E | 148 | 184 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Lophura leucomelanos | (Latham, 1790) | 7n | 92F | 149 | 185 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| 1968 | (23.04) | NOR | Lophophorus sclateri | Jerdon, 1870 | 4n | 92G | 150 | 186 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
| NOR | Lophophorus impejanus | (Latham, 1790) | 5n | 151 | 92H | 187 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Crossoptilon crossoptilon | (Hodgson,, 1838) | 9n | 92I | 152 | 188 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| 1968 | (07.12) | NOR | Liocichla phoenicea | (Gould, 1837) | 2c | 99 | 198 | 248 | 187 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae |
| NOR | Harpactes wardi | (Kinnear, 1927) | 3c | 99A | 199 | 249 | 188 | Trogoniformes | |Trogonidae | ||
| NOR | Polyplectron bicalcaratum | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 4c | 99B | 200 | 250 | 189 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Aceros nipalensis | (Hodgson, 1829) | 5c | 99C | 201 | 251 | 190 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Bucerotidae | ||
| NOR | Myzornis pyrrhoura | Blyth, 1843 | 15c | 99D | 202 | 252 | 191 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| NOR | Harpactes wardi | (Kinnear, 1927) | 30c | 99F | 204 | 254 | 193 | Trogoniformes | |Trogonidae | ||
| NOR | Polyplectron bicalcaratum | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 50c | 99G | 205 | 255 | 194 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| 1968 | (28.12) | NOR | Liocichla phoenicea | (Gould, 1837) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae |
| NOR | Aceros nipalensis | (Hodgson, 1829) | 1.25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Bucerotidae | ||
| NOR | Myzornis pyrrhoura | Blyth, 1843 | 2n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| 1969 | (20.01) | NOR | Liocichla phoenicea | (Gould, 1837) | 1.50n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae |
| NOR | Harpactes wardi | (Kinnear, 1927) | 2.50n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trogoniformes | |Trogonidae | ||
| NOR | Polyplectron bicalcaratum | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 4n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Aceros nipalensis | (Hodgson, 1829) | 5n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Bucerotidae | ||
| NOR | Myzornis pyrrhoura | Blyth, 1843 | 10n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| 1969 | (05.08) | NOR | Strix aluco | Linnaeus, 1758 | 15c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Strigiformes | |Strigidae |
| NOR | Amandava amandava | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 50c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Estrildidae | ||
| NOR | Accipiter gentilis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1.25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Falconiformes Falconiformes The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :... |
|Accipitridae Accipitridae The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a... |
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| NOR | Spheniscus humboldti | Meyen, 1834 | 2n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sphenisciformes | |Spheniscidae | ||
| NOR | Lorius garrulus Eclectus roratus |
(Linnaeus, 1758) (Muller, 1776) |
3n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Psittaciformes | |Psittacidae | ||
| NOR | Paradisaea apoda | Linnaeus, 1758 | 4n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Paradisaeidae | ||
| NOR | Aix galericulata | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 5n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anseriformes Anseriformes The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at... |
|Anatidae Anatidae Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups... |
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| NOR | Phasianus colchicus | Linnaeus, 1758 | 6n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| 1970 | (19.06) | NOR | Lophophorus sclateri | Jerdon, 1870 | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
| NOR | Myzornis pyrrhoura | Blyth, 1843 | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| NOR | Harpactes wardi | (Kinnear, 1927) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trogoniformes | |Trogonidae | ||
| NOR | Polyplectron bicalcaratum | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Aceros nipalensis | (Hodgson, 1829) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
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| NOR | Myzornis pyrrhoura | Blyth, 1843 | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| 1970 | (20.09) | NOR | Tragopan satyra | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 85c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
| 1970 | (02.11) | NOR | Tragopan satyra | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
| NOR | Lophura leucomelanos | (Latham, 1790) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Harpactes wardi | (Kinnear, 1927) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trogoniformes | |Trogonidae | ||
| NOR | Polyplectron bicalcaratum | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Aceros nipalensis | (Hodgson, 1829) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Bucerotidae | ||
| NOR | Liocichla phoenicea | (Gould, 1837) | 20c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| 1971 | (01.07) | NOR | Lophophorus impejanus | (Latham, 1790) | 55c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
| NOR | Crossoptilon crossoptilon | (Hodgson,, 1838) | 90c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Myzornis pyrrhoura | Blyth, 1843 | 90c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| 1982 | (19.04) | NOR | Chloropsis hardwickii | Jardine & Selby, 1830 | 2n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Irenidae |
| NOR | Lophophorus impejanus | (Latham, 1790) | 3n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Harpactes wardi | (Kinnear, 1927) | 5n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trogoniformes | |Trogonidae | ||
| NOR | Aethopyga gouldiae | (Vigors, 1831) | 10n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Nectariniidae | ||
| NOR | Oriolus traillii | (Vigors, 1832) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Oriolidae | ||
| 1985 | (29.11) | NOR | Lagopus lagopus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Tetraonidae |
| NOR | Falcipennis canadensis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 4n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Tetraonidae | ||
| NOR | Lophodytes cucullatus | Linnaeus, 1758 | 5n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anseriformes Anseriformes The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at... |
|Anatidae Anatidae Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups... |
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| NOR | Cygnus buccinator | Richardson, 1832 | 15n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anseriformes Anseriformes The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at... |
|Anatidae Anatidae Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups... |
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| NOR | Accipiter striatus | Vieillot, 1808 | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Falconiformes Falconiformes The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :... |
|Accipitridae Accipitridae The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a... |
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| 1985 | (06.12) | NOR | Anas platyrhynchos | Linnaeus, 1758 | 50c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anseriformes Anseriformes The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at... |
|Anatidae Anatidae Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups... |
| NOR | Charadrius montanus | Townsend, 1837 | 2n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charadriiformes Charadriiformes Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick... |
|Charadriidae Charadriidae The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings... |
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| NOR | Gavia stellata | (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 3n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gaviiformes Gaviiformes Gaviiformes is an order of aquatic birds containing the loons or divers and their closest extinct relatives. Modern gaviiformes are found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia , though prehistoric species were more widespread.-Classification and evolution:There are five living... |
|Gaviidae | ||
| NOR | Bucephala clangula | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anseriformes Anseriformes The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at... |
|Anatidae Anatidae Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups... |
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| NOR | Baeolophus bicolor | (Linnaeus,, 1766) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Paridae | ||
| 1987 | (25.05) | NOR | Phoenicopterus ruber | Linnaeus, 1758 | 1n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phoenicopteriformes | |Phoenicopteridae |
| 1989 | (22.11) | NOR | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | (Scopoli, 1786) | 50c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Piciformes Piciformes Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives... |
|Picidae Picidae The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions... |
| NOR | Hypothymis azurea | (Boddaert, 1783) | 1n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Monarchidae | ||
| NOR | Garrulax leucolophus | (Hardwicke, 1815) | 2n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Muscicapidae | ||
| NOR | Ithaginis cruentus | (Hardwicke, 1821) | 3n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes | |Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Psittacula cyanocephala | (Linnaeus, 1766) | 4n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Psittaciformes | |Psittacidae | ||
| NOR | Pericrocotus roseus | (Vieillot, 1818) | 5n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Campephagidae | ||
| NOR | Alcippe castaneceps | (Hodgson, 1838) | 6n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| NOR | Pitta cyanea | Blyth, 1843 | 10n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Pittidae | ||
| NOR | Cissa chinensis | (Boddaert, 1783) | 15n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Corvidae Corvidae Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species... |
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| NOR | Ceyx erithacus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Alcedinidae | ||
| NOR | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | Vigors, 1832 | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charadriiformes Charadriiformes Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick... |
|Recurvirostridae Recurvirostridae Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:... |
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| NOR | Gypaetus barbatus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Falconiformes Falconiformes The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :... |
|Accipitridae Accipitridae The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a... |
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| NOR | Enicurus maculatus | Vigors, 1831 | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Turdidae | ||
| NOR | Microhierax caerulescens | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Falconiformes Falconiformes The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :... |
|Falconiformes Falconiformes The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :... |
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| NOR | Buceros bicornis | Linnaeus, 1758 | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Bucerotidae | ||
| NOR | Crossoptilon crossoptilon | (Hodgson, 1838) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Tragopan satyra | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Dicrurus paradiseus | (Linnaeus, 1766) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Dicruridae | ||
| NOR | Aethopyga ignicauda | (Hodgson, 1836) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Nectariniidae | ||
| NOR | Arachnothera longirostra | (Latham, 1790) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Nectariniidae | ||
| NOR | Hemiprocne coronata | (Tickell, 1833) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apodiformes Apodiformes Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes... |
|Hemiprocnidae | ||
| NOR | Tichodroma muraria | (Linnaeus, 1766) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Tichodromadidae | ||
| NOR | Irena puella | (Latham, 1790) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Irenidae | ||
| 1990 | (21.05) | NOR | Grus japonensis | (Muller, 1776) | 25n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gruiformes Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like".... |
|Gruidae |
| 1993 | (01.07) | NOR | Grus nigricollis | Przewalski, 1876 | 15n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gruiformes Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like".... |
|Gruidae |
| 1995 | (01.09) | NOR | Megaceryle lugubris | (Temminck, 1834) | 1n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Alcedinidae |
| NOR | Tragopan blythii | (Jerdon, 1870) | 2n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Pericrocotus ethologus | Bangs and Phillips,JC, 1914 | 3n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Campephagidae | ||
| NOR | Gallus gallus | (Linnaeus,, 1758) | 10n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Galliformes Galliformes Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms... |
|Phasianidae Phasianidae The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae... |
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| NOR | Heterophasia capistrata | (Vigors, 1831) | 15n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Timaliidae | ||
| NOR | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 20n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Corvidae Corvidae Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species... |
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| NOR | Grus nigricollis | Przewalski, 1876 | 20n | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gruiformes Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like".... |
|Gruidae | ||
| 1998 | NOR | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 10c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Corvidae Corvidae Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species... |
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| NOR | Buceros bicornis | Linnaeus, 1758 | 30c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Coraciiformes Coraciiformes The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills... |
|Bucerotidae | ||
| NOR | Mirafra javanica | Horsfield, 1821 | 50c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Alaudidae | ||
| NOR | Zosterops erythropleura | Swinhoe, 1863 | 70c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Zosteropidae White-eye White-eye can refer to:*White-eye , a large family of birds.*White-eye , a species of fish.*White-eye mutation, a mutation in Drosophila melanogaster linked to the X chromosome, found by reciprocal cross breeding experiments in 1906.*A lioness member of the Marsh Pride of lions that have featured... |
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| NOR | Copsychus saularis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 90c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Muscicapidae | ||
| NOR | Aethopyga gouldiae | (Vigors, 1831) | 1N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Nectariniidae | ||
| NOR | Orthotomus sutorius | (Pennant, 1769) | 2N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Sylviidae Sylviidae Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families... |
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| NOR | Anas platyrhynchos | Linnaeus, 1758 | 3N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anseriformes Anseriformes The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at... |
|Anatidae Anatidae Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups... |
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| NOR | Clamator jacobinus | Boddaert, 1783 | 5N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cuculiformes Cuculiformes The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin... |
|Cuculidae | ||
| NOR | Leptopoecile sophiae | Severtsov, 1873 | 7N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Sylviidae Sylviidae Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families... |
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| NOR | Acridotheres tristis | (Linnaeus, 1766) | 9N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Sturnidae | ||
| NOR | Cochoa viridis | Hodgson, 1836 | 10N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passeriformes | |Turdidae | ||
| NOR | Streptopelia orientalis | (Latham, 1790) | 15N | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Columbiformes Columbiformes Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order.... |
|Columbidae | ||
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of BhutanPostage stamps and postal history of BhutanBhutan has produced postage stamps for national use since 1962. Burt Todd, who may have been the first American to visit the Kingdom of Bhutan, assisted in establishing a postage stamp program in Bhutan...
- List of people on stamps of Bhutan