Phoenicurus phoenicurus Singing bird of sparrow size, occupying illuminate forests in different sea levels, from lowland till mountain pine. It's frequented in older parks gardens and cemetery. A typical sign is shaking by it's colour tail. 11 nest in tree hollows and it is occupying bird sheds. It's looking up for location with tree hollows. It nest once - twice a year, from May till July. Unlike of Phoenicurus ochruros, which laying white eggs, phoenicurus phoenicurus lay blue-green eggs. It's a migratory breed. It arrives on end of March and at the beginning of April, fly away from September till October. Trough a wintertime, it lives in Africa - northward from equator and on south Arabian peninsula.

Painting on the stamp illustrate phoenicurus male, brightly coloured then brown-grey female.

On the envelope, there are represented younglings, looking like female, just more spotted.

Vladimír Slobodník