外高加索觀鳥活動｜阿美尼亞鳥類郵票短篇編寫日期｜2026/4/11

位處歐亞大陸中心點的高加索地區雖然正式來說僅有三個國家，錯縱複雜的飛地和分離活動卻令地緣政局十分緊張。不過由於高加索地區夾在裏海和黑海中間，成為候鳥在中亞地區由北向南徙的走廊之一。可惜三國之中只有阿美尼亞才不時印行雀鳥郵票和比較可靠的集郵服務，那就專用一篇文章介紹他們的雀鳥郵封和原圖片。

Birdwatching in Caucasus｜Short notes of Armenia's bird stamps

Although there are only three countries in the South Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, it is because of a pile of smoggy history and relations that geopolitics has become complicated.

雖然外高加索地區僅有阿美尼亞、亞塞拜疆和格魯吉亞3個國家，但卻是因為一堆烏煙瘴氣的歷史和關係令地緣政治變得複雜，國中有國、你有我的飛地然後我又有你的飛地，甚或由俄羅斯支持的叛離份子建立的國家南奧塞梯和阿布哈茲，這些錯縱複雜的國度我有另文介紹過了，故我今次純粹介紹阿美尼亞在2007至19年間所印行的雀鳥郵票。 2019年以歐羅巴系列發行的家燕 (Hirundo rustica) 和2014年的戴勝(Upupa epops) 我在其他文章也介紹過了，然而總結是僅有後期的4種雀鳥有吸引我去製作原圖片， 三個郵封我都是選擇同一款票多貼數枚以避免貼其他款式的郵票，2014年的一組郵票是鳥與花為一組，花的一枚是石竹 (Dianthus gabrielianae)，至於2011年那一封出現的黃色貼紙係經過奧地利時加貼。 I chose to put several more same stamps on the three covers to avoid pasting other themes of stamps. A set of stamps in 2014 was mixed with bird and flowes, the flower one was a Rainbow Pink. The yellow sticker that appeared in 2011 one, was added when the mail passed through Austria. 至於郵封則全部都有製作，留意2007年的一個雖然解像度稍低，但也可以看到郵戳是上一代更換前蘇聯時期鋼製郵戳款式。 大山雀 (Parus major) 以清脆且規律的叫聲吸引愛鳥一族，由於其廣泛分佈歐亞非三個大陸，牠是各地家庭後花園的常客，只要裝置一些食物鳥屋和小水池便會見到牠們到訪。大山雀被分為11種亞種，高加索地區和西北伊朗的通常是P. m. karelini。 藍喉歌鴝 (Luscinia svecica) 同樣以清脆悅耳的叫聲橫掃歐亞大陸，其廣泛分佈於東歐至整個俄羅斯包括高加索地區之間，以及挪威沿岸甚至阿拉斯加都有其蹤影。這種美麗的嗚禽在秋冬季令飛至赤道以北撤哈拉沙漠以南、阿拉伯半島、印度次大陸和東海沿岸過冬，為當地冬天帶來生氣。藍喉歌鴝活躍範圍之廣令牠們分成多種亞種，L. s. magna是活躍於高加索地區的一種，其藍色羽毛不帶白點和橙色羽毛偏紅，並且身型較指明亞種巨大。 禿鷲 (Aegypius monachus) 在歐亞大陸分佈甚廣的禿鷲雖然屬於候鳥，惟其僅生活在北回歸綫以北至赤道一帶區域，僅東亞地區深入蒙古國以至西伯利亞南部的溫帶地區作為留鳥生活。在南高加索地區以阿美尼亞東部和阿塞拜疆西邊高原作為禿鷲遷徙的走廊，牠們主要在伊朗北面和南俄羅斯高山群，即大小高加索山脈作為棲息地。禿鷲以獵食腐肉而聞名，因而對多種病毒免疫。雖然禿鷲分佈廣闊，在2007年的調查中南高加索地區僅餘阿美尼亞東面高原仍有紀錄，而有報告指當地尚有非法捕獵活動，至於西歐地區則受到誤食被放置毒餌的動物屍體而滅絕，這些陷阱大多數是引誘野狗或農村入侵動物，致使禿鷲現在是評為近危級別。

There are countries in the country, and even South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the countries established by Russian-backed rebels. I have introduced these complicated countries in another article, so this time I will purely introduce the bird stamps printed by Armenia from 2007 to 2019.

I have also introduced Barn Swallow released by the Europa series in 2019 and Eurasian Hoopoe in 2014 in other articles. However, the summary is that only four birds in the later stage attracted me to make the original pictures. As for the postage, all of them have been produced. Note that although the resolution of the 2007 one is slightly lower, it can also be seen that the postmark is the previous generation to replace the steel postmark style of the former Soviet Union.

Great Tit attracts bird lovers with their crisp and regular calls, because they are widely distributed in the three continents of Eurasia and Africa, they are regular visitors to the back gardens of families around the world. As long as some food bird houses and small pools are installed, they will visit. The Great Tits are divided into 11 subspecies, and the Caucasus and northwestern Iran one usually calls P. m. karelini。

The Bluethroat also sweeps Eurasia with its crisp and pleasant call. It is widely distributed from Eastern Europe to the whole of Russia, including the Caucasus region, and its trace is found along the Norwegian coast and even Alaska. This beautiful bird flies north of the equator to the south of the Hara Desert, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent and the coast of the East China Sea in autumn and winter, bringing vitality to the local winter. The wide range of activity of the Bluethroat makes them divided into a variety of subspecies. L. s. magna is active in the Caucasus region, its blue feathers have no white dots and orange feathers are red, and its body is more huge than the specified subspecies.

Although Cinereous Vulture are widely distributed in Eurasia, are migratory birds, they only live in the area north of the northern return to the equator, and only in East Asia deep into Mongolia to the temperate areas of southern Siberia as a resident bird. In the South Caucasus region, the eastern Armenia and western plateaus of Azerbaidzhan are the corridors for vultures to migrate. They mainly live in the high mountains of northern Iran and southern Russia, that is, the large and small Caucasus Mountains. Vultures are famous for hunting carrion, so they are immune to a variety of viruses. Although vultures are widely distributed, in the 2007 survey, only the eastern plateau of Armenia is still recorded in the South Caucasus, and there are reports that there are still illegal hunting activities in the area. As for the Western Europe region, it is extincted by the accidental eating of animal corpses placed with poison bait. Most of these traps are to lure wild dogs or rural invading animals. As a result, Cinereous Vulture now rated as Near-threatened.

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