6 September 2011

Eurasian Curlew

Eurasian Curlew (白腰杓鷸)
Belarus (2011)

4th April, 2011. Minsk

As before, Belarus Post issues a stamp feature 'bird of the year' in each spring. This year, is a very common bird curlew in Europe. In historical recording, curlew to be thought that it has large population and not qualify as threatened. However in recent record it is incorrect and the status in IUCN list became Near Threatened in 2008.

MaxicardEurasian Curlew (白腰杓鷸)
Belarus (2011)

14th March, 2011. Minsk