To celebrate the Visit South Pacific Year ‘95, The Postal Administrative of Solomon Islands has issued the souvenir sheet depicted the beautiful scene of Yellow-bibbed Lorry and specific flower of Solomon Islands.
The Yellow-bibbed Lory is mostly red with black on top of head and green wings. It has a yellow transverse band on upper chest and a crescent-shaped black patch on each side of neck. It has blue thighs and dark-grey legs. It has an orange-red beak, dark-grey eye-rings, and orange irises. Under its wings the bird has blue feathers.It is long around 28 cm and endemic only in Solomon Islands.
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