Miniature Sheet
On Jul 9, 2010,India Post issued a set of 2 stamps on Pigeon & Sparrow. Each stamp depicted images of male and female pigeons and sparrows.
Pigeons are distributed everywhere on Earth, except for the driest areas of Sahara Desert,Antarctica and its surrounding islands and the high Arctic. Pigeons are seen quite common at every place in India.
The Old World true sparrows are indigenous to Europe,Africa and Asia.In Australia & America's, early settlers imported some species which quickly naturalized there.
Pigeons are distributed everywhere on Earth, except for the driest areas of Sahara Desert,Antarctica and its surrounding islands and the high Arctic. Pigeons are seen quite common at every place in India.
The Old World true sparrows are indigenous to Europe,Africa and Asia.In Australia & America's, early settlers imported some species which quickly naturalized there.
House Sparrows,are seen throughout India in quiet decent numbers.Since last decade they are decreasing in number very quickly,and facing the threat of extinction.
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