The Many-coloured Fruit Dove - Samoa 2011

 

On 25 April 2011 , Samoa Post together WWF organisation released the issue WWF stamp features the brightly coloured bird ,  Ptilinopus perousii . The officially FDC  also issued by Samoa Post on the same date.The local WWF cover has coloured and featured head of this species, Fruit dove, and has a specific post marked dated 25.04.2011.  This issue stamp has designed by Karen Mounsey-Smith.

 

 

The Many-coloured Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus perousii), also known in Samoa as Manulua, is a small multi-coloured dove growing up to 250mm in length. They are primarily found in large mature forest areas in the south-western Pacific - Samoa, Fiji and Tonga - where lowland tropical and sub-tropical forests provide a natural habitat. 

Humphead Wrasse–Samoa 2006

The Humphead wrasse  or (Cheilinus undulatus) is the largest living member of the family Labridae. The   males reaching 2 m in length, while females no more than 1 m. The humphead wrasse has specific distinctive  thick, fleshy lips and a hump that forms on its head above the eyes, becoming more prominent as the fish ages. Males have colour  range from a bright electric blue to green, a purplish blue, or a relatively dull blue/green.