Stamp: Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) (Niuafo'ou 1998)

Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) (Niuafo'ou 1998)

15 May (Niuafo'ou ) within release W.w.f. goes into circulation Stamp Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) face value 80 Tongan seniti

Stamp Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) in catalogues
Michel: Mi:TO-NI 328

Stamp is square format.

Also in the issue W.w.f.:

Data entry completed
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Stamp Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) in digits
Country: Niuafo'ou
Date: 1998-05-15
Print: Offset and Lithography
Perforation: comb 14½
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 80 Tongan seniti

Stamp Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) 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.

Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (/ˈsɪtəsaɪnz/), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genera, found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The four families are the Psittaculidae (Old World parrots), Psittacidae (African and New World parrots), Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and Strigopidae (New Zealand parrots). One-third of all parrot species are threatened by extinction, with a higher aggregate extinction risk (IUCN Red List Index) than any other comparable bird group Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia

Stamp, Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis), Niuafo'ou,  , Birds, WWF, Parrots