Stamp: Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia mackinlayi ssp. arossi) (Solomon Islands 1990)
Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia mackinlayi ssp. arossi) (Solomon Islands 1990)
05 December (Solomon Islands ) within release BIRDPEX ’90, Christchurch goes into circulation Stamp Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia mackinlayi ssp. arossi) face value 25 Solomon Islands cent
| Stamp Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia mackinlayi ssp. arossi) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:SB 739 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue BIRDPEX ’90, Christchurch:
- Stamp - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) face value 10;
- Stamp - Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia mackinlayi ssp. arossi) face value 25;
- Stamp - Superb Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus superbus) face value 30;
- Stamp - Cardinal Myzomela (Myzomela cardinalis ssp. tenuis) face value 45;
- Stamp - Green Pygmy-parrot (Micropsitta finschii ssp. tristrami) face value 2;
Stamp Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia mackinlayi ssp. arossi) 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.
