Skylark - 2019 Bird of the year in Germany

Skylark  (Alauda arvensis)

The beautiful bird Skylark is the 2019 year of Bird in Germany . A special pictorial cancellation will be issued on 28th April 2019  in 98634 Kaltenwestheim . Other following  philatelic items will be available too with this pictorial cancellation : 

- sheetlet with personalized stamps
- stationery (postcard)
- Special Card(no stationery)

All philatelic items are featuring the Skylark (Alauda arvensis) , bird of the year 2019 in Germany

The philatelic items  honors the philatelic Exhibition which will be held on this day in Kaltenwestheim. Kaltenestheim is located in the rural region Rhön in Germany.

Courtesy: Matthias Reichel , Philatelic collector Club of  Meiningen and Wolfgang Beyer , BDPh /German Philatelic Federation) and AIJP.

The Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a passerine bird in the lark family Alaudidae. It is a wide-spread species found across Europe and Asia with introduced populations in New Zealand, Australia and on the Hawaian Islands. It is a bird of open farmland and heath, known for the song of the male, which is delivered in hovering flight from heights of 50 to 100 metres (160 to 330 ft). The sexes are alike. It is streaked greyish-brown above and on the breast and has a buff-white belly.

The female Eurasian skylark builds an open nest in a shallow depression on open ground well away from trees, bushes and hedges. She lays three to five eggs which she incubates for around 11 days. The chicks are fed by both parents but leave the nest after eight to ten days, well before they can fly. They scatter and hide in the vegetation but continue to be fed by the parents until they can fly at 18 to 20 days of age. Nests are subject to high predation rates by larger birds and small mammals. The parents can have several broods in a single season.