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  Update:  14 Apr 2006
 Desert birds;
Wetlands birds; Waders & sea birds;  Ducks, Geese & Swans;
Kingfishers & Kookaburras;
Raptors;  Owls;
Finches, Bee-eaters, Wrens & Robins;
Honeyeaters, Whistlers & Thornbills
Bowerbird, Catbird & Magpies;
Parrots,  Cockatoos & Galahs;  Antarctic birds;
Others: Emus, Lyrebirds; Woodswallow
 Ornithocheirus;  Symbolised birds
Stamps scanned with CanoScan N12200 & edited with ArcSoft PhotoStudio 2000;  many magnified 1½ - 2 times.  Some of the non magnified stamps were kindly emailed to me from her collection by Dr Barbara Ellis.
This page is for bird-lovers rather than stamp lovers.  For more information on stamps, see "The Australasian Stamp Catalogue", Seven Seas Stamps [updated regularly]. This publication includes many bird stamps from Australian Antarctic Territory,  Papua New Guinea & Christmas Island, & some from Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Nauru & Norfolk Island, as well as all other stamps issued by these places.  It provides photos in actual size, dates of publication, value & brief notes,

Desert birds:
Budgerigars [budgies]Crimson chatVariegated Fairy-wren Painted firetail
 

Wetlands birds:
Jacana or Jesus bird [walks on water(-lillies)]Brolgas dancingJabiur [Australian stork]
Jacana sitting on nest on waterRed necked Avocet with delicate very upturned bill  & see Little Kingfisher under  Kingfishers

Waders & sea birds
Straw-necked Ibis in pre-decimal shillingsStraw-necked Ibis in decimal currencyPied OystercatcherMasked lapwing, with yellow dewlaps, nesting on the ground
Brown boobyHooded DotterelPelican

Ducks, Geese & Swans
Cape Barren Geese [Tasmanian & Bass Strait Islands]Chestnut Teal43 cent Black Swans on nestBlack SwanBlack Swan depicted in red


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Kingfishers & Kookaburras
Sacred KingfisherForest KingfisherWhite-tailed kingfisherAzure Kingfisher
Little KingfisherThreepenny Kookaburra facing rightKookaburra facing rightSixpenny Kookaburra from old Pounds, Shillings & Pence days
Kookaburras [laughing jackasses]KookaburraKookaburra
 
 

Raptors -- i.e. birds of prey, animal hunters
Brahminy KiteBrahminy Kite over Fraser IslandSpotted Harrier
Nankeen KestrelWedge-tailed Eagle: pale colour suggests a juvenile

Owls
Barking OwlPowerful Owl


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Finches, Bee-eaters, Wrens & Robins
Crimson FinchZebra finchGouldian Finches
Rainbow Bee-eaterSuperb Fairy Wren before decimal currencyLabelled Lovely Wren but I think it is a Variegated Fairy WrenVariegated Fairy-wren
Eastern Yellow RobinRobin in pre-decimal currencyScarlet Robin in decimal currency

Honeyeaters, Whistlers, Thornbills, Pitta & Sunbird
Blue-faced HoneyeaterGolden Whistler before decimal currencyGolden Whistler in decimal currency Yellow-tailed Thornbill
Rainbow Pitta from tropical North Stamp of Sunbird issued with 3 other Rainforest creatures ~2003

 

 

 

 

Bowerbird, Catbird & Magpie
Regent Bower-birdSpotted Catbird - squeals like a cat matingWestern MagpieBlack-backed Magpie, pre-decimal


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Parrots,  Cockatoos & Galahs
Golden shouldered ParrotKing ParrotSulphur-crested white Cockatoos, 1 centCrimson Rosella, with its blue cheeks
Pink CockatooSulphur-crested White CockatooSulphur-crested white Cockatoos
Galah from the days of pounds, shillings & penceGalah in decimal currencyGalah stamp from drawing by a child

Stamp of Rainbow Lorikeets issued 2005Stamp of Red-capped Parrot issued 2005Stamp of Princess Parrot issued 2005 Stamp of Green Rosella issued 2005Stamp of Purple Crowned Lorikeet issued 2005
 
  
 
 

 

 

 

Palm Cockatoos on Australian Innovations stamp, 2004

 

 This pair of Palm Cockatoos from North Queensland was an innovative design, used not to illustrate birds, but in a series to celebrate Australian Innovations.  They used a black bird to represent the Black Box Flight Recorder invented here in 1951.  I have enlarged the stamp to over twice its length so you can almost read the print on it.  Even now the scan looks to me like "Back Box" whereas I was disappointed to see I don't have a rare misprint -- the stamp says "black box".

 

A few Antarctic Birds, especially penguins
Little Penguin: seen as far north as Sydney HarbourTwo penguins on rightTwo penguins on left

 

Emus, Lyre birds & Others
Portrait of an EmuGroup of EmusFivepence halfpenny Emu pre-decimal currency Masked WoodswallowLyrebird on an old 1 shilling stamp
 

Dinosaur-bird
Ornithocheirus: Dinosaur bird

Symbolised Birds
One of Australia Post's symbolic bird image stampsBlack Swan symbolic of Western Australia

Have just found [URL via Google courtesy of Dr Barbara Ellis] a remarkable stamp page with bird stamps  from around the world in their natural size:      http://www.birdstamps.org

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