Tourist Map of Cuba

• Original name: "Mapa turistico de Cuba"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1983, "Año del XXX Aniversario del Moncada" (XXX Year Anniversary of Moncada)
• Publisher: Mapping company of Cuban Institute of Geodesy and Cartography (Empresa de Cartografia del Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia)

Endemic birds of Cuba

Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
Mellisuga helenae are residents of Cuba, an island located in the West Indies. Today, bee hummingbirds inhabit the entire island and Isla de la Juventud, which is the largest of the islands off Cuba's southern coast. There have also been several bee hummingbird sightings on the neighboring islands of Jamaica and Haiti.

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Natur? in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos.

Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
The Cuban tody (Todus multicolor) is a bird species in the family Todidae that is restricted to Cuba and adjacent islands.

Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala)
The Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala) also known as Cuban parrot or the rose-throated parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot found in woodlands and dry forests of Cuba, the Bahamas and Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.

Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
The Zapata wren (Ferminia cerverai) is a medium sized grayish-brown bird that lives in dense shrubs of the Zapata Swamp, Cuba. It is the only member of the monotypical genus Ferminia.

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a small pelican found in the Americas. It is one of the best known and most prominent birds found in the coastal areas of the southern and western United States. It is one of only three pelican species found in the Western Hemisphere. The brown pelican is one of the only two pelican species which feeds by diving into the water.

West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)
The West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Red-legged Thrush (Mimocichla plumbea)
The red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Brac, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico. It formerly occurred on the Swan Islands, Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. This species may be considered the Caribbean counterpart of the American robin, as it has similar habits, including being a common visitor to gardens and lawns.

Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops)
The Cuban parakeet (Psittacara euops) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family that is endemic to the island of Cuba. It was extirpated from the Isla de la Juventud south of Cuba soon after 1900.

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
El turpial oriental, carmelo, zacatero comun, pradero comun, cantor de pradera o chirlobirlo (Sturnella magna)2 3 es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Icteridae que vive en America. Se trata de un pajaro de tamano medio y de aspecto muy similar al turpial gorjeador.

• Series: Endemic birds
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1983-12-20
• Subject: Animals
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Number of catalogue Michel: Mi:CU 2798-2807

Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Muscipapa sordida)

  The dusky-blue flycatcher (Muscicapa comitata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

• Series: Birds
• Country: Sri Lanka
• Year: 1983-12-15
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 2
• Number of catalogue Michel: LK 642
• Perforating: comb 14¼ x 14½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 38 x 28 mm

Gagea lutea

  Gagea lutea, the Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, is a Eurasian plant species widespread from Spain and Norway to Siberia and Japan. Gagea lutea is a bulb-forming perennial herb with lanceolate leaves and yellow flowers.

• Original Name: "Гусиный лук жёлтый"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 20 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5281

Cyclamen elegans

  Cyclamen elegans (Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaijan. It is native to forest in the Alborz Mountains of northwestern Iran and extreme southeastern Azerbaijan below 500 m (1,600 ft) elevation, where it can even be found growing in moss on the lower limbs of trees.

• Original Name: "Цикламен изящный"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 15 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5281

Anemone hepatica

  Anemone hepatica is a herbaceous perennial growing from a rhizome in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

• Original Name: "Печеночница благородная"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 10 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5280

Siberian squills

  Scilla siberica (Siberian squill or wood squill) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southwestern Russia, the Caucasus, and Turkey. Despite its name, it is not native to Siberia.

• Original Name: "Пролеска сибирская"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 6 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5279

Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis)

  Galanthus (snowdrop; Greek gála "milk", ánthos "flower") is a small genus of about 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. Most flower in winter, before the vernal equinox (20 or 21 March in the Northern Hemisphere), but certain species flower in early spring and late autumn.

• Original Name: "Подснежник белоснежный"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 4 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5278