Stamp: Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Surcharged 3c xxx (Fiji 2020)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Surcharged 3c xxx (Fiji 2020)
01 January (Fiji ) within release Birds - surcharge goes into circulation Stamp Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Surcharged 3c xxx face value 3 Fijian cent
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| Colnect codes: | Col: FJ 2020-05A |
Stamp is vertical format.
With species split, this is now Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanops samoensis). The ssp name "vitiensis" is a synonym of samoensis.Also in the issue Birds - surcharge:
- Stamp - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Surcharged 6c xxx face value 6;
- Stamp - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Surcharged 3c xxx face value 3;
- Stamp - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Surcharged 5c xxx face value 5;
Stamp Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Surcharged 3c xxx it reflects the thematic directions:
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). All animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently, at some point in their lives. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. All animals are heterotrophs: they must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance.
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.
