04 May (Niuafo'ou ) within release Hummingbirds (2020) goes into circulation Stamp White-Booted Racket-Tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) face value 4.20 Tongan pa'anga
Stamp White-Booted Racket-Tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) in catalogues | |
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Colnect codes: | Col: TO-NI 2020-02SSc |
Stamp is square format.
stamp from souvenir sheet. White margin only around two sides of the designAlso in the issue Hummingbirds (2020):
Stamp White-Booted Racket-Tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) it reflects the thematic directions:
Birds (Aves), a subgroup of Reptiles, are the last living examples of Dinosaurs. They are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the class of tetrapods with the most living species, at approximately ten thousand, with more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known as perching birds. Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodilians.
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With approximately 366 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but most species are found in Central and South America. As of 2024, 21 hummingbird species are listed as endangered or critically endangered, with numerous species declining in population