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31 March 2009

Birds of Slovenia

From left to right :
70t : Lesser Grey Shrike (黑額伯勞) ; 60t : European Roller (藍胸佛法僧)
13t : Lesser Kestrel (黃爪隼)
Slovenia (1995)
9th October, 2007. Brežice

Those three stamps, with one another stamp issued by Slovenia illustrated its country's domestic birds. They are Lesser Grey Shrike, European Roller, Lesser Kestrel and Black-headed Bunting (黑頭鵐), which not shown on the above cover. European Roller has been shown in this blog before now just introduce other two. Lesser Grey Shrike is widely live in south and east Europe and mid-Asia ; migrate to Africa during winter ; Lesser Kestrel can be found in the areas where level higher than 3,000 feet, especially actives in the area of rocks and mountains. Same as Lesser Grey Shrike, it habits southern Europe to northern Africa, and also mid-Asia to northern China.