Barbuda is an island in the Eastern Caribbean, and forms part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda.
It has a population of about 1,638 (at the 2011 Census), most of whom live in the town of Codrington.
Barbuda is located north of Antigua, in the middle of the Leeward Islands. To the south are the islands of Montserrat and Guadeloupe, and to the west and north west are Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, and St. Martin.
Barbuda is home to the Frigate Bird Sanctuary, which is located in the Codrington Lagoon.
Other points of interest include Highland House (the 18th century home of the Codrington family) and the Indian Cave, which contains ancient Amerindian petroglyphs.
It has a population of about 1,638 (at the 2011 Census), most of whom live in the town of Codrington.
Barbuda is located north of Antigua, in the middle of the Leeward Islands. To the south are the islands of Montserrat and Guadeloupe, and to the west and north west are Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, and St. Martin.
Barbuda is home to the Frigate Bird Sanctuary, which is located in the Codrington Lagoon.
Other points of interest include Highland House (the 18th century home of the Codrington family) and the Indian Cave, which contains ancient Amerindian petroglyphs.
1975.01 | 06.01.1975 | Definitives |
5$ | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | p 13½ |
1975.02 | 24.07.1975 | Definitives | 1975.01 |
5$ | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | p 14x14½ |
1975.03 | 24.07.1975 | Overprint USA-USSR SPACE... on 1975.02 |
5$ | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | APOLLO |
5$ | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | SOYUZ |
1976.01 | 30.06.1976 | Birds |
35c | 230 | Bananaquit Coereba flaveola | |
50c | 226 | Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica | |
75c | 66 | Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus | |
95c | 58 | Killdeer Charadrius vociferus | |
1.25$ | 229 | Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis | |
2$ | 46 | Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus |
1977.01 | 04.04.1977 | Overprint BARBUDA on Antigua 1976.01 |
½c | 86 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
1c | 73 | Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis | |
2c | 70 | Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita | |
3c | 119 | Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus | |
4c | 70 | Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa | |
5c | 212 | Rufous-throated Solitaire Myadestes genibarbis |
1980.01 | 21.05.1980 | Apollo 11 | 4v set |
75c | 37 | Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
1980.02 | 16.06.1980 | Birds |
1c | 14 | American Wigeon Anas americana | |
2c | 58 | Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus | |
4c | 234 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
6c | 76 | Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | |
10c | 227 | Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita | |
15c | 209 | Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca | |
20c | 26 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea | |
25c | 70 | Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea | |
35c | 229 | Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris | |
50c | 14 | Northern Pintail Anas acuta | |
75c | 157 | Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus | |
1$ | 14 | Blue-winged Teal Anas discors | |
1.50$ | 86 | Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus | |
2$ | 70 | Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa | |
2.50$ | 119 | Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi | |
5$ | 108 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius | |
7.50$ | 119 | Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica | |
10$ | 26 | Great Egret Ardea alba |
1980.03 | 08.12.1980 | Overprint BARBUDA on Antigua 1980.01 |
10c | 92 | Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata | |
30c | 70 | Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata | |
1$ | 86 | Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus | |
2$ | 57 | Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus |
1980.04 | 08.12.1980 | Overprint BARBUDA on Antigua 1980.02 |
2.50$ | 66 | Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | MS |
1984.01 | 21.11.1984 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1984.01 |
40c | 231 | Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus | |
50c | 227 | Northern Parula Setophaga americana | |
60c | 204 | House Wren Troglodytes aedon | |
2$ | 202 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula | |
3$ | 108 | Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus |
1984.02 | 21.11.1984 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1984.02 |
5$ | 228 | Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens | MS |
1985.01 | 04.04.1985 | Audubon |
45c | 66 | Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii | |
50c | 76 | Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | |
60c | 26 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea | |
5$ | 29 | Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis |
1985.02 | 18.07.1985 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1985.01 |
90c | 21 | Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus | |
1$ | 19 | European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus | |
1.50$ | 26 | Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias | |
3$ | 32 | Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus |
1985.03 | 18.07.1985 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1985.02 |
5$ | 23 | White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus | MS |
1985.04 | 25.11.1985 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1985.03 |
15c | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens |
1986.01 | 10.03.1986 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1985.04 |
5$ | 183 | Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica | MS |
1986.02 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1986.01 |
60c | 14 | Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | |
90c | 14 | American Black Duck Anas rubripes | |
1.50$ | 14 | Northern Pintail Anas acuta | |
3$ | 14 | American Wigeon Anas americana |
1987.01 | 01.07.1987 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1987.01 |
30c | 66 | Brown Noddy Anous stolidus | |
50c | 66 | Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla | |
2$ | 66 | Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus | |
3$ | 66 | Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus |
1987.02 | 01.07.1987 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1987.02 |
5$ | 31 | Brown Booby Sula leucogaster | MS |
1988.01 | 04.07.1988 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1988.01 |
10c | 26 | Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias | |
15c | 92 | Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata | |
50c | 230 | Bananaquit Coereba flaveola | |
60c | 46 | Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus | |
70c | 226 | Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica | |
1$ | 73 | Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax | |
3$ | 229 | Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus | |
4$ | 86 | Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis |
1988.02 | 04.07.1988 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1988.02 |
5$ | 22 | American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber | MS |
5$ | 29 | Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis | MS |
1988.03 | 25.07.1988 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1988.03, 1988.06 |
60c | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao | |
90c | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao |
1988.04 | 25.08.1988 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1987.03 |
60c | 92 | Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii |
1989.01 | 14.12.1989 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1989.01 |
25c | 14 | Common Scoter Melanitta nigra | |
45c | 48 | Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis | |
50c | 218 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus | |
60c | 210 | Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus | |
1$ | 64 | Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris | |
2$ | 14 | Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis | |
3$ | 161 | Japanese Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
4$ | 78 | Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia |
1989.02 | 14.12.1989 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1989.02 |
5$ | 226 | Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | MS |
5$ | 177 | Japanese Tit Parus minor | MS |
1991.01 | 25.03.1991 | Wild birds |
60c | 229 | Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus | |
2$ | 227 | Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita | |
4$ | 234 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
7$ | 119 | Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi |
1991.02 | 23.04.1991 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1990.01 |
10c | 209 | Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus | |
25c | 86 | Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis | |
50c | 227 | Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas | |
60c | 38 | American Kestrel Falco sparverius | |
1$ | 108 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius | |
2$ | 46 | Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus | |
3$ | 26 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea | |
4$ | 226 | Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica |
1991.03 | 23.04.1991 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1990.02 |
6$ | 29 | Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis | MS |
6$ | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | MS |
1992.01 | 12.08.1992 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1991.01 |
1$ | 66 | White Tern Gygis alba |
1993.01 | 10.05.1993 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1992.01 |
10c | 86 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
25c | 86 | Green Mango Anthracothorax viridis | |
45c | 86 | Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis | |
60c | 86 | Antillean Mango Anthracothorax dominicus | |
1$ | 86 | Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima | |
2$ | 86 | Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus | |
4$ | 86 | Blue-headed Hummingbird Cyanophaia bicolor | |
5$ | 86 | Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus |
1993.02 | 10.05.1993 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1992.02 |
6$ | 86 | Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae | MS |
6$ | 86 | Red-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus | MS |
1993.03 | 09.10.1993 | Overprint WORLD BIRDWATCH... on 1991.01 |
60c | 229 | Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus | |
2$ | 227 | Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita | |
4$ | 234 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
7$ | 119 | Lesser Antillean Flycatcher Myiarchus oberi |
1993.04 | 11.11.1993 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1993.01 |
1$ | 73 | St. Lucia Amazon Amazona versicolor | |
1$ | 18 | Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow | |
1$ | 37 | Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus | |
1$ | 37 | Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis | |
1$ | 73 | Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis | |
1$ | 70 | Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata | |
1$ | 73 | St. Vincent Amazon Amazona guildingii | |
1$ | 73 | Puerto Rican Amazon Amazona vittata |
1996.01 | 14.02.1996 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1995.01 |
15c | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | |
25c | 226 | Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica | |
35c | 229 | Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna | |
40c | 23 | Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus | |
45c | 22 | American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber | |
60c | 232 | Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus | |
65c | 76 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus | |
70c | 86 | Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis | |
75c | 230 | Bananaquit Coereba flaveola | |
90c | 234 | Painted Bunting Passerina ciris | |
1.20$ | 232 | Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus | |
2$ | 61 | Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa | |
5$ | 232 | Greater Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla violacea | |
10$ | 119 | Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica | |
20$ | 209 | Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda |
1996.02 | 02.04.1996 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1994.04 |
15c | 70 | Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea | |
40c | 86 | Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis | |
1$ | 37 | Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus | |
4$ | 227 | American Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva |
1996.03 | 02.04.1996 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1994.05 |
6$ | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | MS |
6$ | 14 | West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea | MS |
1997.01 | 16.09.1997 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1995.02 | Sheet |
75c | 14 | Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris | |
75c | 14 | Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis | |
75c | 14 | Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis | |
75c | 14 | Wood Duck Aix sponsa | |
75c | 14 | Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus | |
75c | 14 | Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis | |
75c | 14 | West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea | |
75c | 14 | Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor | |
75c | 14 | White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis | |
75c | 14 | Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata | |
75c | 14 | Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus | |
75c | 14 | American Wigeon Anas americana |
1997.02 | 16.09.1997 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1995.03 |
6$ | 14 | Blue-winged Teal Anas discors | MS |
1997.03 | 16.09.1997 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1995.04 | Sheet |
75c | 86 | Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis | |
75c | 86 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
75c | 230 | Bananaquit Coereba flaveola | |
75c | 76 | Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor | |
75c | 229 | Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus | |
75c | 86 | Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus | |
75c | 227 | American Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva | |
75c | 226 | Antillean Euphonia Euphonia musica | |
75c | 209 | Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca | |
75c | 78 | Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia | |
75c | 229 | Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris | |
75c | 227 | Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita |
1997.04 | 16.09.1997 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1995.05 |
6$ | 46 | Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus | MS |
1998.01 | 16.02.1998 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1996.01 | Strip |
75c | 66 | Black Skimmer Rynchops niger | |
75c | 66 | Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus | |
75c | 18 | Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata | |
75c | 66 | Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus |
1998.02 | 16.02.1998 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1996.02 | Strip |
75c | 66 | Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla | |
75c | 67 | Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus | |
75c | 23 | White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus | |
75c | 31 | Northern Gannet Morus bassanus |
1998.03 | 16.02.1998 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1996.03 |
5$ | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | MS |
6$ | 29 | Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis | MS |
1998.04 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1997.01 | 9v sheet |
1.10$ | 145 | Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus |
1998.05 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1997.02 | 9v sheet |
1.10$ | 95 | Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus |
1998.06 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1997.04 | 6v sheet |
1.65$ | 219 | Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius | |
1.65$ | 24 | Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis |
1998.07 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1997.03 | 6v sheet |
1.20$ | 219 | Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix | |
1.20$ | 210 | Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus |
1998.08 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1997.05 |
6$ | 48 | Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum | MS |
6$ | 92 | Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus | MS |
2000.01 | 16.06.2000 | Overprint BARBUDA MAIL on Antigua & B 1998.01 | 12v sheet |
75c | 73 | Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura | |
75c | 26 | Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi | |
and | 66 | Common Tern Sterna hirundo | |
75c | 66 | Common Tern Sterna hirundo | |
75c | 73 | Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus |