TOPICAL PHILIPPINES
Birds
BIRDS
Stats for Birds in Philippines
Number of species: 613
Number of endemics: 195
Number of globally threatened species: 68
Number of introduced species: 3
Bird Definitive Series, 2007-2008 Also includes the Miniature Sheet of 14 birds issued to commemorate the Taipei Stamp Exhibition, although these were not strictly definitive stamps - only 8,000 issued
To date – 32 bird designs
· 9 of the birds featured are endemic to the Philippines
· 4 of the birds featured are rarely found in the Philippines
The illustrations are taken from the book "A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines" by Robert S. Kennedy, Pedro C. Gonzales, Edward C. Dickinson, Hector C. Miranda, Jr., and Timothy H. Fisher.