Malaysia - Penang - Penang Bird Park

Penang Bird Park is located in Seberang Jaya on the mainland of Penang State. I visited this wonderful aviary park with many species of local as well as foreign bird species and bought these bird themed postcards .

Postcard 1
Penang Bird Park is a great place to see local and foreign birds at close range.

Postcard 2

Black-shouldered Kite or Lang Tikus on the left. Mailed in March 2008 at a mailbox in Seberang Perai near the Penang Bird Park. Cancelled with "BUTTERWORTH   P.PINANG"

Postcard 3

Multiview showing Great Hornbill (Enggang Papn); Cattle Egret (Bangau Kendi); Spotted-Necked Dove (Tekukur). Mailed with a matching Spotted Dove stamp from Seberang Jaya on Nov 2008. Cancellation is "BUTTERWORTH   PULAU PINANG".

Postcard 4

Multiview showing Red-Flanked Lorikeet; Red Bishop Weaver; Lady Amherst's Pheasant.

Postcard 5

Multi-view of Blue-Winged Leafbird (Burung Duan Sayap Biru); Black-Crested Bulbul (Merbah  Jambul Hitam); Sultan Tit (Serai Sultan); Scarlet Minivet (Burung Mas Belukar).

Postcard 6 

Multi-view of duck species - Mandarin Duck; Shoveler; Ruddy Shelduck; Carolina Wood Duck. Sent from Kepala Batas Post Office March 2009 - cancellation "GPO P.PINANG  MALAYSIA"

Postcard 7

Green-Winged Macaw

Postcard 8

Buffy Fish Owl (Burung Hantu Kuning). In Malaysia, owls are called "Burung Hantu"  which in Malay language is translated as "Ghost Birds". Owls have been reared by provided nesting boxes in oil palm plantation to keep down the rat population. Mailed at Permatang Pauh Post Office on March 2009 - cancellation "BUTTERWORTH  MALAYSIA"