Malaysia Birds of Stamp

“Sebahagian dari burung yang menawan ini adalah sukar didapati. Pos Malaysia Berhad berharap dengan gambaran burung-burung ini yang ditunjukkan dalam keluaran filateli, orang awam khususnya para pencinta burung akan dapat menikmati dan menilai kecantikan burung bermusim ini serta mendapat banyak maklumat darinya,” tambahnya lagi.

Setem bersaiz 30 mm x 40 mm ini dicetak dalam helaian yang mengandungi 20 keping setem dengan menggunakan kertas teras air bersalutkan fosfor boleh didapati dalam tiga dinominasi:

• 30 sen – Lang Lebah (Pernis Ptilorhyncus)
  Burung ini datang dari tempat pembiakannya di kawasan terpencil Siberia dan dijumpai di Sepang, Selangor, Tanjung Tuan di Melaka dan Pulau Kukup di Johor. Ia meluncur di arus udara sambil mencara sarang lebah untuk dimakan larva dan madunya.
  
  
• 50 sen - Pucung Serandau (Adrea Purpurea)
  Saiznya agak besar (yang dewasa boleh mencecah 90cm tinggi) terkenal dengan sifat pemalu dan suka memencilkan diri dan sukar dikesan dan mempunyai warna perang dan kemerahan dengan sedikit keunguan. Ia mendiami kawasan tanah basah dan paya di serata semenanjung Malaysia.
  
  
• RM 1 – Camar Kecil Berjambul (Sterna Bengalensis)
  Burung ini boleh dijumpai dipesisiran pantai di Malaysia terutamanya yang berhampiran Langkawi dan amat popular dengan aksi terbang menjunam kedalam ombak laut untuk menangkap ikan.

Burung Pekaka Belukar ialah haiwan yang tergolong dalam golongan benda hidup, alam : haiwan, filum : kordata, sub-filum : bertulang belakang (vertebrata), kelas : burung. Burung Pekaka Belukar adalah haiwan berdarah panas, mempunyai sayap dan tubuh yang diselubungi bulu pelepah. Paruh Burung Pekaka Belukar tidak bergigi.

Burung Pekaka Belukar ialah haiwan yang tergolong dalam golongan benda hidup, alam : haiwan, filum : kordata, sub-filum : bertulang belakang (vertebrata), kelas : burung. Burung Pekaka Belukar adalah haiwan berdarah panas, mempunyai sayap dan tubuh yang diselubungi bulu pelepah. Paruh Burung Pekaka Belukar tidak bergigi.

Malaysian Peacock-Pheasant

The Malaysian Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) is one of the gems of Malaysia's bird species and is now on the list as one of the of the four species special or endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. Previously widespread in Thailand and Sumatra, today they are only confined to Central Peninsular Malaysia. The Malaysian Peacock-Pheasant is medium-sized, up to 53 cm long, brownish with blue-green oceilli on its wings, back and tail. It has elongated glossy green crest and bare orange facial skin. The female is smaller and its colours duller. Due to ongoing threats of habitat loss, poaching, small population size and limited range, the Malaysian Peacock-Pheasant is now classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN List ot Threatened Species.

Milky Stork

Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea) is a large wading bird of freshwater habitat, living in wetlands and wet farmlands across southern Asia. They are also found on the coast, where intertidal wetlands provide food and refuge. Milky Stork can reach a length of 97cm and has a thick, yellowish bill and blackish flight feathers. Both sexes look almost alike. this species can be found in Kampuchea, Peninsular Malaysia and most of the larger Indonesian Islands.

Malaysian Whistling Thrush

The Malaysian Whistling Thrush (Myophonus robinsoni) if one of the four endemic birds of Peninsular Malaysia. It is a rare and reclusive bird found in broadleaf evergreen forest, preferring streams as well as hills and highlands. About 26cm in size, the thrush has a small yellowish bill, bright metallic blue and black wings and body. Both sexes look alike. The resident species has also be classified by IUCN as Vulnerable.

Wreathed Hornbill

The Wreathed Hornbill (Aceros undulatus) is a colourful species of hornbill found in forests from far north-eastern India and Bhutan, east and south through mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda.

It is about 70 to 100cm in size, with both sexes looking almost alike. These birds prefer broad-leaf evergreen mixed deciduous forests and forest on islands and are found at a maximum elevation of about 1,800 metres.

This species has a large range with an estimated global Extent of Ocurrence of 1 million to 10 million km square. Globally, the Wreathed Hornbill is classified by IUCN as "Least Concern" because presently, it numbers seems to be stable.