Se-tenant: Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) (Marshall Islands 1985)
Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) (Marshall Islands 1985)
15 February (Marshall Islands ) within release John James Audubon Bicentennial, 1785-1985 goes into circulation Se-tenant Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) face value 2*22 United States cent
| Se-tenant Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi: MH 31-32 |
| Stanley Gibbons: | Sg: MH 37a |
Se-tenant is square format.
Currently accepted English name: Leach's Storm Petrel. Now classified as Hydrobates leucorhous. (Not to be confused with Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel - Hydrobates furcata)Also in the issue John James Audubon Bicentennial, 1785-1985:
- Stamp - Leach's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) face value 22;
- Stamp - Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) face value 22;
- Stamp - Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) face value 44;
- Stamp - Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) face value 44;
- Se-tenant - Booby Gannet (Sula leucogaster) face value 2*44;
- Se-tenant - Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) face value 2*22;
Se-tenant Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) 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.
