List of birds on stamps of Malta

This is a list of birds that appear on the postage stamps of Malta.

Year Date Species Species author Value Stamps catalogues Taxonomy
Scott Yvert Michel Gibbons Buttigieg Order Family
1971 18 September Monticola solitarius Linnaeus, 1758 5d 432 430 457 441 Passeriformes Muscicapidae
Monticola solitarius Linnaeus, 1758 10d 433 431 458 442 Passeriformes Muscicapidae
1981 20 January Tyto alba Scopoli, 1769 3c 612 624 655 623 Strigiformes Tytonidae
Sylvia melanocephala Gmelin, 1789 8c 613 625 656 624 Passeriformes Sylviidae
Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758 12c 614 626 657 625 Passeriformes Laniidae
Hydrobates pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 23c 615 627 658 626 Procellariiformes Hydrobatidae
1987 26 January Erithacus rubecula Linnaeus, 1758 3c 743 762 796 754 Passeriformes Muscicapidae
Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 8c 744 763 797 755 Falconiformes Falconidae
Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 13c 745 764 798 756 Coraciiformes Upupidae
Calonectris diomedea Scopoli, 1769 23c 746 765 799 757 Procellariiformes Procellariidae
1991 3 October Pernis apivorus Linnaeus, 1758 4c 843 864 898 855 Accipitriformes Accipitridae
Circus aeruginosus Linnaeus, 1758 4c 844 865 899 856 Falconiformes Accipitridae
Falco eleonorae Gene, 1839 10c 845 866 900 857 Falconiformes Falconidae
Falco naumanni Fleischer, 1818 10c 846 867 901 858 Falconiformes Falconidae
1999 26 February Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786 16c 1065 1098 1055 Charadriiformes Charadriidae
Alcedo atthis Linnaeus, 1758 35c 1066 1099 1056 Coraciiformes Alcedinidae
2001 22 June Larus michahellis Naumann, 1840 6c 1214 1158 Charadriiformes Laridae
Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1215 1159 Falconiformes Falconidae
Oriolus oriolus Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1216 1160 Passeriformes Oriolidae
Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1217 1161 Passeriformes Fringillidae
Carduelis carduelis Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1217 1161 Passeriformes Fringillidae
Monticola solitarius Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1218 1162 Passeriformes Muscicapidae
Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1219 1163 Coraciiformes Meropidae
Delichon urbicum Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1220 1164 Passeriformes Hirundinidae
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1220 1164 Passeriformes Hirundinidae
Passer hispaniolensis Temminck, 1820 6c 1221 1165 Passeriformes Passeri
Sylvia conspicillata Temminck, 1820 6c 1222 1166 Passeriformes Sylviidae
Streptopelia turtur Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1223 1167 Columbiformes Columbidae
Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1224 1168 Anseriformes Anatidae
Ixobrychus minutus Linnaeus, 1766 6c 1225 1169 Pelecaniformes Ardeidae
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1226 1170 Charadriiformes Scolopacidae
Asio flammeus Pontoppidan, 1763 6c 1227 1171 Strigiformes Strigidae
Vanellus vanellus Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1228 1172 Charadriiformes Charadriidae
Gallinula chloropus Linnaeus, 1758 6c 1229 1173 Gruiformes Rallidae
2006 14 March Serinus canaria domestica Linnaeus, 1758 7c 1467 1423 Passeriformes Fringillidae
Melopsittacus undulatus Shaw, 1805 22c 1470 1413 Psittaciformes Psittaculidae
Taeniopygia guttata Reichenbach, 1862 22c 1472 1416 Passeriformes Estrildidae
Columba livia domestica Gmelin, 1789 22c 1474 1421 Columbiformes Columbidae
2010 23 September Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis Schembri, 1843 €0.68 1671 1606 Procellariiformes Hydrobatidae