OT New Zealand 2000 stamp issue

["Philip Veerman" <>]

The other relevant bit from the website is this bit: From Cade’s book about falcons it looks to me like European range of this species is mainly Spain and minimally in France. It really is an odd choice. But fortunately John’s suggestion is clearly not the story behind it.

 

This stamp issue featured six New Zealand and one French threatened bird, including one of our national icons - the kiwi – and the world’s heaviest and the only flightless parrot – the kākāpō. The New Zealand birds were selected with the assistance of the Department of Conservation.

 

From: Philip Veerman [
Sent: Thursday, 31 March, 2022 1:54 PM
To: 'calyptorhynchus'; '<>'
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] OT New Zealand 2000 stamp issue

 

Hi John,

 

From the website http://virtualnewzealandstamps.blogspot.com/2019/09/2000-threatened-birds.html  I get this text:

 

 

The lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small falcon. This species breeds from the Mediterranean across Afghanistan and Central Asia, to China and Mongolia. It is a summer migrant, wintering in Africa and Pakistan and sometimes even to India and Iraq. It is rare north of its breeding range, and declining in its European range which is why it was selected as the French bird in this joint issue. The genus name derives from Late Latin falx, falcis, a sickle, referencing the claws of the bird and the species name commemorates the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Naumann.

 

The picture does show that species. It seems a very strange choice as the reason for including it is quite odd. I think..

 

Philip

 

From: Birding-Aus [ On Behalf Of calyptorhynchus
Sent: Thursday, 31 March, 2022 1:33 PM
To: <>
Subject: [Birding-Aus] OT New Zealand 2000 stamp issue

 

Hi everyone

 

I collect bird-related stamps (and coins) in a desultory way. I was amused to see that my latest acquisition, a set of NZ maxicards from 2000 of "Threatened Birds" includes:

 

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Black Stilt

Stewart Island Fernbird

Kakapo

NI Weka

Okarito Kiwi

 

and also includes that well-known NZ bird the Lesser Kestrel.

 

I assume that what happened was they meant to include NZ Falcon, but they got the wrong images from the image bank, the artist designed the stamp and the mistake wasn't noted until it was too late. So the maxicard of the LK notes on it that the LK it's related to the NZ Falcon. LOL

 

Can anyone confirm this, or does anyone know the real story?

 

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John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
www.jleonard.net

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