Description
MiNo. 549A FDC(II)-I- Myanmar
Opr. (5x10); A = perf. K 14 1/4:14; B = imperforated
FDC(II), date of issue: 05/04/2023
Picture descriptions:
mu) White-Browed Nuthatch (Sitta Victoriae)
549 A 200 K multicolored mu
Quantity FDC(II): 200 pieces
Designer: Ahmonoo
Printer: Security Printing Works (SPW), Rangoon
Conservation Status:
Here as a FDC (Version II) with perforated Single Stamp and first day special postmark
Issue Notice:
Opr. (5x10); A = perf. K 14 1/4:14; B = imperforated
FDC(II), date of issue: 05/04/2023
Picture descriptions:
mu) White-Browed Nuthatch (Sitta Victoriae)
549 A 200 K multicolored mu
Quantity FDC(II): 200 pieces
Designer: Ahmonoo
Printer: Security Printing Works (SPW), Rangoon
Conservation Status:
Here as a FDC (Version II) with perforated Single Stamp and first day special postmark
Issue Notice:
- The white-browed nuthatch (Sitta victoriae), also known as the Victoria nuthatch, is a species of bird in the family Sittidae.
- It is a small nuthatch, measuring 11.5 cm in length and without sexual dimorphism.
- Like many other nuthatches, the upperparts are gray-blue, contrasting with white underparts on the throat, cheeks, and breast and orange on the flanks, belly, and lower abdomen.
- Its white supercilium makes it easy to distinguish it from the white-tailed nuthatch (S. himalayensis), which is a close species in the systematic and geographical sense.
- Little is known about its ecology, but it feeds on small insects found among bark and lichens, and breeding occurs around April.
- The white-browed nuthatch is endemic to Nat Ma Taung, also known as Mount Victoria, in the southern Chin Hills of Myanmar.
- It inhabits old oak groves at high elevations, generally above 2,600 m. The numbers of the species are poorly known but are estimated at a few thousand individuals.
- They are threatened by habitat destruction by fire and human pressure. For these reasons, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature considers the bird to be an "endangered species."
