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Alcedo atthis (synonym of common kingfisher)

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Name: Alcedo atthis
Type: bird
Synonym of: common kingfisher


Appearing in designs:
Alcedo atthis (38 stamps, Cook Islands & 20 others, 1960-2022)
Alcedo atthis & Lyss Switzerland 11/19/2002 70(c) issue=Stamp Day 2002
Alcedo atthis (1959) Czechoslovakia 11/16/1959 1.20k dt=birds (1959 Czechoslovakia)
Alcedo atthis (1960) San Marino 1/28/1960 25l dt=birds (1960 San Marino)
Alcedo atthis (1963) Germany 6/12/1963 40+20(pf) issue=Youth Hostels 1963 dt=birds (1963)
Alcedo atthis (1964) Cambodia 5/2/1964 6r dt=birds (1964 Cambodia)
Alcedo atthis (1966) North Vietnam 10/31/1966 12xu dt=birds (1966 North Vietnam)
Alcedo atthis (1967) German Democratic Republic 4/27/1967 30pf dt=protected birds (1967)
Alcedo atthis (1971) Burundi 1/29/1971 30fr issue=birds 1971 dt=birds (1971 Burundi)
Alcedo atthis (1972 Qatar) Qatar 3/1/1972 2d dt=birds (1972 Qatar)
Alcedo atthis (1972 Sharjah) Sharjah 1972 65dh issue=Birds 1972 b
Alcedo atthis (1976) (2 stamps, Equatorial Guinea & Iraq, 1976)
Alcedo atthis (1977) China, ROC 2/16/1977 $8 dt=Taiwan birds
Alcedo atthis (1978) Upper Volta 11/1/1978 100fr issue=Essen 78
Alcedo atthis (1979) Greece 10/15/1979 14d dt=endangered birds (1979)
Alcedo atthis (1982) Laos 3/9/1982 2k dt=birds (1982 Laos)
Alcedo atthis (1985) Mali 4/15/1985 180fr issue=200th Anniversary of the Birth of John J. Audubon
Alcedo atthis (1986) Belgium 12/15/1986 8fr issue=1985 dt=birds (Buzin)
Alcedo atthis (1988) Guyana 1/28/1988 $2 issue=Fauna and Flora 1988
Alcedo atthis (1990 Hungary) Hungary 2/20/1990 3fo dt=protected birds (1990)
Alcedo atthis (1991 China, ROC) China, ROC 8/24/1991 $5 dt=River birds
Alcedo atthis (1991 France) France 9/14/1991 5.00fr dt=animals (1991 France)
Alcedo atthis (1993 Bahrain) Bahrain 5/22/1993 150f dt=Water Birds
Alcedo atthis (1993 Japan) Japan 1/29/1993 62y dt=Water Birds (1991)
Alcedo atthis (1993 Luxembourg) Luxembourg 12/6/1993 14+2fr issue=caritas 1993 dt=endangered birds (1993)
Alcedo atthis (1993 Mongolia) Mongolia 2/3/1993 16t issue=Birds 1993 dt=birds (1993 Mongolia)
Alcedo atthis (1996) Vietnam 3/11/1996 2000d dt=kingfishers (1996)
Alcedo atthis (1997 Gambia) Gambia 5/20/1997 25d issue=200th Anniversary of the Birth of Hiroshige
Alcedo atthis (1997 Ireland) (4 stamps of Ireland, 1997-2002)
Alcedo atthis (1997 Palau) Palau 6/2/1997 $2 issue=200th Anniversary of the Birth of Ando Hiroshige
Alcedo atthis (1997) St. Vincent 4/7/1997 $2 issue=Birds 1997
Alcedo atthis (1998 Kyrgyzstan) Kyrgyzstan 6/5/1998 1000t issue=Fauna 1998 dt=fauna (1998 Kyrgyzstan)
Alcedo atthis (1998) Brunei 11/11/1998 30s dt=kingfishers (1998)
Alcedo atthis (1999 Gibraltar) Gibraltar 3/4/1999 42p issue=Europa 1999
Alcedo atthis (1999 Iran) Iran 8/6/1999 150r
Alcedo atthis (1999 Malta) Malta 4/6/1999 35c issue=Europa 1999
Alcedo atthis (1999 Tanzania) Tanzania 8/20/1999 250sh issue=Birds of Japan dt=Japanese birds
Alcedo atthis (2000) Tuvalu 6/1/2000 90c issue=Birds of Tuvalu & The South Pacific dt=South Pacific birds
Alcedo atthis (2001 Jersey) Jersey 5/22/2001 1.50£ issue=Europa 2001 dt=pond life (2001 Jersey)
Alcedo atthis (2003) Tajikistan 10/28/2003 2.29s issue=Nature of Middle Asia dt=nature of Middle Asia
Alcedo atthis (2004) Laos 2/20/2004 3500k dt=birds (2004 Laos)
Alcedo atthis (2005) Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croat administration 3/2/2005 1.00bam issue=Birds of Neretva Valley
Alcedo atthis (2006) Netherlands Antilles 8/18/2006 100c dt=birds (2006 Netherlands Antilles)
Alcedo atthis (2007) Bulgaria 9/11/2007 0.10l dt=protected birds (2007)
Alcedo atthis (2008) Czech Republic 5/28/2008 10.00k issue=Trebonsko - An Area of Ponds and Pools - UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Alcedo atthis (2009) Comoro Islands 3/2/2009 250fr issue=Birds 2009
Alcedo atthis (2013) Azerbaijan 7/16/2013 0.30m dt=birds (2013 Azerbaijan)
Alcedo atthis (2014) (3 stamps, Central African Republic & 2 others, 2014)
Alcedo atthis (2015) Marshall Islands 7/7/2015 49c issue=Winged Wonders
Alcedo atthis (2016) (3 stamps, Mozambique & 2 others, 2016)
Alcedo atthis (2017) Maldive Islands 5/17/2017 22r issue=Kingfishers 2017
Alcedo atthis (2018) (2 stamps of St. Thomas & Prince Islands, 2018)
Alcedo atthis (2019) (5 stamps, Guernsey & 4 others, 2019)
Alcedo atthis (2020) Alderney 1/21/2020 5p issue=2020 dt=Alderney Birds
common kingfisher Alcedo atthis Palau 12/26/2001 $2 issue=Birds of Palau 2001
kingfisher Alcedo atthis Guernsey 10/16/1990 10p issue=Christmas 1990 dt=birds (1990 Guernsey)

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