Hummingbirds as a endangered species on cover from Dominica

Dominica issued in 2005 WWF stamp set with endangered hummingbirds. On this two stamps you can see green-throated carib (Eulampis holosericeus) and purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis).

The green-throated carib is a species of hummingbird in the genus Eulampis, which contains one other species. It is found in the Caribbean islands and Lesser Antilles, locations including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

The purple-throated carib is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It breeds on Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Sint Eustatius. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and open spaces.


Thank you, Jinesh!