AUSTRALIAN KINGFISHERS
Kingfishers comprise a distinctive and spectacular group of birds. Of the 95 species that occur worldwide, 10 are found in Australia. Two of these are endemic and eight are shared with other countries. Kingfishers, which include kookaburras, belong to the bird order Coraciiformes, and are divided into three families, only two of which occur in Australia: Alcedinidae (river kingfishers) and Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers). They occur on all continents except Antarctica, but are most common in the Old World countries of the northern hemisphere and in South East Asia, Australasia and parts of the Pacific.
STAMP ILLUSTRATIONS: Christopher Pope
STAMP TYPOGRAPHY AND COVER DESIGN: Simone Sakinofsky, Australia Post Design Studio COVER IMAGE: Liew Weng Keong/shutterstock.com All Shutterstock images under licence from shutterstock.com 2007
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