Dusky starfrontlet (Colombia 2018)

23 January (Colombia ) within release Endemic Birds of Colombia goes into circulation Stamp Dusky starfrontlet face value 1,000 Colombian peso

Stamp Dusky starfrontlet in catalogues
WADP Numbering System - WNS:	WAD: CO012.18

Stamp is square format.

Stamp from Miniature Sheet Printed by Cartor Security Printing. Designed by Mónica Vargas Moore. The dusky starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) is a hummingbird species in the subfamily Trochilinae. It is found only at high altitudes in the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia, and was first discovered on Páramo de Frontino. Its status was mysterious for a long time as it was only known from a few museum specimens; it was often held to be a mutant or color morph of some other species of Coeligena. When it was rediscovered in 2004, in what is now the Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve, its status as a distinct species was confirmed. Although this bird was listed as a species of Least Concern in the IUCN Red List for many years, it became evident that it was close to extinction, and its status was upgraded to Critically Endangered in the 2007 Red List issue.

Also in the issue Endemic Birds of Colombia:

• Mini Sheet - Endemic Birds of Colombia face value 13*1000;
• Stamp - Black-backed thornbill face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Parker's antbird face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Sooty-capped puffbird face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Flame-winged parakeet face value 1,000;
• Stamp - San Andres vireo face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Santa Marta parakeet face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Dusky starfrontlet face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Yellow-headed brush finch face value 1,000;
• Stamp - White-mantled barbet face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Perijá metaltail face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Santa Marta mountain tanager face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Black-and-gold tanager face value 1,000;
• Stamp - Colombia Birds Logo face value 1,000;