The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements.
- Series: Capex `87
- Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
- Year: 1987-05-05
- Subject: Animals
- Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Face value: 3 riels
- Number of catalogue Michel: KH 873
The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves. It feeds on fruits and small insects and they conspicuously perch on trees and their calls are a loud three or four note call. They are very common in hill forests and urban gardens within its range.
- Series: Capex `87
- Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
- Year: 1987-05-05
- Subject: Animals
- Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Face value: 2 riels
- Number of catalogue Michel: KH 872
The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.
- Series: Capex `87
- Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
- Year: 1987-05-05
- Subject: Animals
- Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Face value: 1.50 riel
- Number of catalogue Michel: KH 871
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalayas, most of Indonesia and some Pacific islands.
- Series: Capex `87
- Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
- Year: 1987-05-05
- Subject: Animals
- Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Face value: 1 riel
- Number of catalogue Michel: KH 870
The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although in nests in somewhat wetter habitats. There are two subspecies: B. p. pavonina in the west and the more numerous B. p. ceciliae in east Africa.
- Series: Capex `87
- Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
- Year: 1987-05-05
- Subject: Animals
- Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Face value: 0.80 riel
- Number of catalogue Michel: KH 869
The hoopoe (Upupa epops) is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Saint Helena hoopoe, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. Like the Latin name upupa, the English name is an onomatopoeic form which imitates the cry of the bird. The hoopoe is the national bird of Israel.
- Series: Capex `87
- Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
- Year: 1987-05-05
- Subject: Animals
- Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Face value: 0.50 riel
- Number of catalogue Michel: KH 868
The northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) is an African near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. Alternative common names include the carmine bee-eater or the Nubian bee-eater. It is closely to the southern carmine bee-eater where the throat is carmine (instead of blue).
- Series: Capex `87
- Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
- Year: 1987-05-05
- Subject: Animals
- Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Face value: 0.20 riel
- Number of catalogue Michel: KH 867
