cat of nicaragua

Nicaragua has issued cat stamp series consist of siamese , birmano ozul, carapacho tortuga, tabby rojo, plateado pelolargo, blanco pelolargo, chinchilla with different denomination value.

This set of stamps put emphasis on the cat's head in general and the eyes in particular.

The cat is night hunter and hence its eyes are forward facing positioned for hunting purposes. In the fact present that the cat have an exellent three dimensional and distance evaluation.

Fighting Fish of Thailand.

Thailand Post has been issued fighting  fish stamp set, depicted betta imbellis, and betta splendens.
They called as fighting fish because was collected for game of fish fighting. Beside as fighting fish they also collected as beauty fish in the fresh water aquarium.

Betta imbellis, also known as the Crescent Betta or Peacefull betta is a freshwater ray-finned fish in the gourami family. This species is native to Malaysia and Indonesia. The left side of above picture shown betta imbellis fish, meanwhile the right side shown betta splendens fish.

Betta splendens, also known as the betta is a popular species of freshwater aquarium fish. It usually grows to an overall length of about 6.0 centimetres, though some varieties reach 8.0 centimetres in length. On average, males are more aggressive. Siamese fighting fish will even respond aggressively to their own reflections in a mirror; use of a mirror avoids the risk of physical damage inherent in actual conflict, although it can lead to stress in some individuals.Siamese fighting fish has upturned mouths and is primarily carnivorous surface feeders. In the wild, they feed on zooplankton and the larvae of mosquitoes and other insects, such as flies, crickets, or grasshoppers.

Betta splendens

This species have affectionately nicknamed "The Jewel of the Orient" due to their beauty and wide range of colours which are produced through selective breeding. Wild fish only exhibit strong colours when agitated. However, breeders have been able to make this coloration permanent, and a wide variety of hues breed true.
The fish is a member of the gourami family (family Osphronemiae) of order Perciformes. The name of the genus is derived from ikan bettah, taken from a local dialect of Thailand. The wild ancestors of this fish are native to the rice paddies of Thailand and Cambodia and are called Siamese fighting fish.

Wildbird of Australia

Australian Post Office issued 4 stamps with series of wild bird found in their country, Spotted Harrier and Red Goshawk in 98 c value, Nankeen Kestrel and Wedge-Tailed Eagle in 49 c value.

Spotted Harrier,or Circus assimilis, also known as the Smoke Hawk, is a large Australasian bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.The species can distinguished by grey upperparts, chestnut facial disc, and dark rump and also has wing length ranges between 375 and 470 mm, with females being larger. The Spotted Harrier inhabits Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundae Islands and is sparsely distributed throughout mainland Australia. They inhabit open country, like in arid and semiarid regions. Their feed is ground birds, rabbits, rodents and lizards.

Red Goshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus) is probably the rarest Australian bird of prey. It is found mainly in the savanna woodlands of northern Australia, particularly near watercourses. The Red Goshawk as a very large member of the goshawk subfamily, but now as one of the Australasian old endemic raptors. It is believed that the ancestors of these birds, possibly together with a handful of species from South-east Asia and Africa.

Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) is the largest raptor with the distinctive character brown colour with length size around 1.2 m, fairly broad wings averaging over 2.5 m, fully feathered legs, and an unmistakable wedge-shaped tail and is the most common of all the world's .It has because of both its tail and its size — it is one of the largest birds of prey in the world. The female Wedge-tailed Eagle is much larger than the male, around 4.2 kg – 5.5 kg. Males are around 3.2–4 kg.

Wedge-tails are found throughout Australia, including Tasmania, and southern New Guinea in almost all habitats. The preferred area are the lightly timbered and open country.
The Wedge-tails can eat almost anything of a suitable size, mostly carrion, red kangaroo, and young calves. Wedge-tailed Eagles are often seen by the roadside in rural Australia, feeding on animals that have been killed in collisions with vehicles.
The Wedge-tailed Eagle is one of twelve species of large predominantly dark-coloured eagles in the genus Aquila found worldwide.

Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) is one of the smallest falcons, and does not rely on speed to catch its prey. Their distinctive characters are a small, slim falcon (about 31 to 35 cm long), brown above and white or off-white below, with a black tail tip. Plumage varies considerably in detail, and some birds can look very scruffy, but the slim build, small size and distinctive straight-winged hovering habit make identification easy.
A very common and easily seen raptor, the Nankeen Kestrel is found in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, and is an irregular visitor to New Zealand.
Nankeen Kestrels are adaptable and hunt in simply perching in an exposed position.

Black-billed Amazon of Jamaica

 

Jamaica Post collaborated with WWF organization issued the stamp set feature Black-billed Amazon, endemic bird. The issue consist of 4 postage stamp depicted the life of this bird.

Black-billed Amazon, or Amazona agilis, is a parrot endemic to Jamaica. Sometimes called the Black-billed Parrot, this Amazon parrot is mostly green with small patches of red on the wing and sometimes flecked on the head, tail feathers margined blue with red bases to outer feathers. It is size up to 25 cm with bill in black colour.

They feed on fruit, seeds, and nuts, and will take cultivated fruit like mangoes, papayas and cucumbers as well as wild fruits.

The Black-billed Amazon has become much rarer due to deforestation and hurricane damage fragmenting its forest, poaching for food and the pet trade in wild parrots. The population estimated 10,000 - 19.9999 numbers. This species's range is very small, and Bird Life International qualified the species as Vulnerable.

Nauru bird life part 1

Nauru Post collaborated with Bird Life International have issue 3 mini-sheets of bird stamps series. There are amazing colour of picture and excite to collect. This page just describe the first mini-sheets, which contain the species of birds like as: Long-billed White-eye, Faichuk White-eye, Golden White-eye, Bridled White-eye, Samoan White-eye,and Rota Bridled White-eye. Among of the six bird species, critically endangered species are Golden White-eye, Faichuck White-eye, and Rota Bridled White-eye.


Description of three critically endangered species of birds will be issue in the next page.

Umukia Raja, part 4 of 5 duck stamp series

Umukia Raja , or Raja Shelduck (Tadorna radjah) (in Australia also known as Burdekin Duck) is a species of shelduck. Both the male and female of the species are mostly white, with dark wingtips and a distinctive "collar" of dark feathers. Seen from above in flight, the birds have green bands on the tops of their wings. The female has a harsh rattle and the male has a breathy, sore-throat whistle. The diet consists mainly of molluscs, insects, sedge materials and algae.

The species inhabits the mangrove forests and coastline of New Guinea and Australia. In Australia, its primary range is coastal tropical northern Australia, from central Queensland through Northern Territory (including Kakadu National Park) to the Kimberley in Western Australia. The species prefers the brackish waters of mangrove flats and paperbark tree swamps, but will visit freshwater swamps, lagoons, and billabongs further inland during the wet season.

The Raja Shelduck is listed as a protected bird in all states of Australia and penalties exist for harming or disturbing them. Population estimated 35,000 – 1,100,000 numbers.

Entok Rimba, part 5 of 5 duck stamp series

Entok Rimba, or White-winged Wood Duck, Cairina scutulata is a species of duck, usually placed in the genus Cairina and allied with the dabbling ducks. Large, length in 66 cm to 81 cm and dark coloured with contrasting whitish head and upper neck. Males have mostly dull yellowish bill, blackish mottling on head and upper neck, white lesser and median coverts and inner edges of tertials and bluish-grey secondaries. In flight, white wing-coverts contrast with the rest of the wings. Females are smaller and usually have more densely mottled head and upper neck. Juvenile is duller and browner.

Historically, the White-winged Wood Duck was widely distributed from north-east India and Bangladesh, through South East Asia to Java and Sumatra. However, in 2002 it had a population of only 800, with about 200 in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, 150 on Sumatra, notably in Way Kambas National Park and 450 in India, Bangladesh and Burma.

This forest duck is listed as Endangered because it has a very small and fragmented population which is undergoing a very rapid and continuing decline as a result of loss and disturbance to their habitats. Also this duck is hunted for eggs, pets and food.
Belibis

Itik gunung, part 3 of 5 duck stamp series.

Itik Gunung or Salvadorina waigiuensis is small duck, 43 cm in length, unobtrusive, shy and perhaps nocturnal habits. The other specific distinctive, they has dark brown head, body barred and spotted dark brown and off-white, yellow bill. It is omnivorous, feeding by dabbling and diving. The Salvadori's Teal is the sole endemic duck species of mountains of New Guinea (Papua, formerly Irian Jaya, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) The population has been variously estimated to be 2,500-20,000 birds and stable or slowly declining. The IUCN has listed the bird as vulnerable.

Belibis Totol, part 2 of 5 duck stamp series.

Belibis Totol, or Spotted Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna guttata is a member of the duck family Anatidae.This duck is known for its ability to swim underwater for long periods of time. This species has a very large range. For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern

Boha Wasur, part 1 of 5 duck stamp series.

Boha Wasur, or Anseranas semipalmata, known as Magpie Goose is a waterbird species found in coastal northern Australia and savannah in southern New Guinea. The population estimate is 1,000,000 numbers, a very large range to the Vulnerable consideration, that why the species is evaluated as Least Concern status.

This species is unmistakable bird with the black-white plumage and yellowish legs. They feed vegetable in wetland.

Males are larger than females and have a loud honking voice. Their habitat is a variety of open wetland areas such as floodplains and swamps. They are colonial breeders and are gregarious outside of the breeding season when they can form large and noisy flocks of up to a few thousand individuals. This species is polygamous birds.

Visyan Spotted Deer of Philippine.

Visayan Spotted Deer or Cervus rusa alfredi, also known as the Philippine Spotted Deer, is a nocturnal and endangered species of deer located primarily in the rainforests of the Visayan islands of Panay and Negros though it once roamed other islands. It is one of three endemic deer species in the Philippines.

The deer is small and short-legged. It is the largest endemic species of deer among the Visayas. Adults range from 125 to 130 cm long, 70 - 80 cm in height and 25 - 80 kg in weight. The distinctive character are "A" pattern of beige spots which dot its deep brown back and sides, cream underparts and white fur on the chin and lower lip. The animal's head and neck are brown, but lighter than the body, and the eyes are ringed with paler fur. Males are larger than females and have short, thick, bumpy antlers. The diet of the deer, which consists of a variety of different types of grasses, leaves, and buds within the forest, is the primary indicator of its habitat.

This species is fully protected under Philippine law. Hunting and forest clearances as a result of logging activities and agricultural conversion are thought to be the causes of a devastating drop in the numbers of the deer. An estimated 2,500 mature individuals survived worldwide as of 1996, according to the IUCN.

Papilio Schmeltzii Swallowtail - Fiji

Schmeltzi's Swallowtail, is Fiji's largest butterfly and is one of some 44 species of butterfly that inhabit Fiji.

The caterpillar or larva molt several times as they grow.It was depicted on (85c) value of stamp.They feed on poisonous plants and are toxic themselves and will actually advertise their presence by being brightly colored. Predator recognize these colors and will not touch them.

The pupa stage is when the most dramatic changes happen and metamorphosis is taking place. It is the most vulnerable stage so mimicry is highly developed. Chrysalis will look like an emerging bud or fruit or like a dead leaf. Butterfly support itself by a silk threat that is spun by the larva before it pupates. It will remain in this form for weeks. It is all shown on ($3) value of stamp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The newly emerged adult butterfly from its chrysalis is called metamorphosis. This process has been depicted on (58c) value of stamp. It will take 20 minute for the wing to unfold and will take up to 1 hour for the wing to be harden before its attempt to fly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The stamp with $1.41 value, depicted adult butterfly that has function to mate and perpetuate the species. Figure on stamp shown butterfly feeding nectar of a flower.

Beetles of Indonesia

Batocera rosenbergi, is a species found in Ruteng, at height of 1,300 ASL. The charateristics is the body size up to 7 cm. They feeds on parts of plant such as leaf, blossom or tree bark.Stamp value is 1,000.

Chalcosoma caucasus, is a very gigantic size up to 10 cm. This is the largest beetle in the world. They live at height at 1,700 m ASL. In nature, they feed on topmost of tree of palmae included coconut and sugar palm. Stamp value is 2,000.

Chrysochroa buqueti, is a species scattered throughout Java Island, and has size up to 5 cm. Stamp value is 1,000.

Agestrata dehaan, is largest member flower beetle group, shaped in pentagonal with diameter more than 2 cm and has beautiful green shine colour. Stamp value is 800.

Mormolyce phyllodes, is species which wide spread throughout Java, Sumatera,and Kalimantan. The body of beetle is covered by widen elytra as guitar shaped. It is brown thick body in size of 5 cm. Stamp value is 900.

Endangered bird of fiji, Re-throated Lorikeet.

Red-throated Lorikeet or Charmosyna amabilis , has 18 cm long and entirely green but for red cheeks, throat and thighs. Red throat bordered with yellow. Mustard-yellow undertail and tail tips.High-pitched squeaks uttered whilst feeding or in flight.
This species qualifies as Critically Endangered lorikeet because a tiny population which is continuing to decline as a result of predation from introduced rats and loss of habitat. It is endemic to Fiji and found in the islands of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau. Population estimated is less than 50 .

This last stamp of endanger bird series of Fiji which collaborated with Bird Life International.