The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory located in the western Caribbean Sea.
The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica.
The Cayman Islands are considered to be part of the geographic Western Caribbean Zone as well as the Greater Antilles.
The territory is a major world offshore financial centre.
There are ten mammalian species in the islands.
Cayman avian fauna includes two endemic subspecies of Amazona parrots: Amazona leucocephala hesterna, or Cayman Brac Parrot, native only to Cayman Brac, and Amazona leucocephala caymanensis or Grand Cayman Parrot, which is native to the Cayman Islands, forested areas of Cuba, and the Isla de la Juventud.
Among other notable fauna is the endangered Blue Iguana, which is endemic to Grand Cayman.
Also present are the Central American agouti, along with the Booby Birds on Cayman Brac.
The Cayman Islands were first logged as sighted by Christopher Columbus on 10 May 1503 during his fourth and final voyage to the New World. He named the islands Las Tortugas after the large number of sea turtles observed there.
The first recorded English visitor to the islands was Sir Francis Drake in 1586. He subsequently named the islands "Cayman" after caiman, a Neo-Taino word for "alligator".
The Cayman Islands remained largely uninhabited until the 17th century.
While there is no archaeological evidence for an indigenous people on the islands, a variety of settlers from various backgrounds made their home on the islands, including pirates, refugees from the Spanish Inquisition, shipwrecked sailors, and deserters from Oliver Cromwell's army in Jamaica.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
| 1935.01 |
01.05.1935 |
Definitives |
|
|
| 1d |
31 |
Red-footed Booby Sula sula |
|
| 2s |
31 |
Red-footed Booby Sula sula |
= 1d |
| 1962.01 |
28.11.1962 |
Definitives |
|
|
| ¼d |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 1969.01 |
05.06.1969 |
Definitives |
No wmk |
|
| ¼d |
215 |
Grand Cayman Thrush Turdus ravidus † |
|
| 1969.02 |
11.08.1969 |
Definitives |
With wmk |
1969.01 |
| ¼d |
215 |
Grand Cayman Thrush Turdus ravidus † |
|
| 1969.03 |
08.09.1969 |
Surcharge on 1969.01 |
|
|
| ¼c |
215 |
Grand Cayman Thrush Turdus ravidus † |
|
| 1970.01 |
08.09.1970 |
New face value |
|
1969.01 |
| ¼c |
215 |
Grand Cayman Thrush Turdus ravidus † |
|
| 1973.01 |
15.01.1973 |
Currency |
4v set |
|
| 3c |
215 |
Grand Cayman Thrush Turdus ravidus † |
|
| 1973.02 |
15.01.1973 |
Currency |
4v sheet |
1973.01 |
| 3c |
215 |
Grand Cayman Thrush Turdus ravidus † |
|
| 3c |
70 |
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica |
|
| 10c |
230 |
Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina |
|
| 12c |
232 |
Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger |
|
| 20c |
108 |
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris |
|
| 30c |
235 |
Western Spindalis Spindalis zena |
|
| 50c |
157 |
Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister |
|
| 3c |
108 |
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus |
|
| 10c |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
|
| 12c |
230 |
American Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva |
|
| 20c |
70 |
Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis |
|
| 30c |
30 |
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens |
|
| 50c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 1980.01 |
09.12.1980 |
Flora and fauna |
11v set |
|
| 20c |
26 |
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor |
|
| 1$ |
26 |
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
|
| 1982.01 |
14.06.1982 |
Imprint 1982 on 1980.01 |
|
|
| 20c |
26 |
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor |
|
| 1$ |
26 |
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
|
| 1983.01 |
14.03.1983 |
Commonwealth day |
4v set |
|
| 20c |
30 |
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens |
|
| 1984.01 |
15.08.1984 |
Birds of the Cayman Islands |
|
|
| 5c |
26 |
Snowy Egret Egretta thula |
|
| 10c |
233 |
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola |
|
| 35c |
92 |
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon |
|
| 1$ |
31 |
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster |
|
| 1985.01 |
Imprint 1985 on 1980.01 |
|
|
| 20c |
26 |
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor |
|
| 1$ |
26 |
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
|
| 1986.01 |
21.05.1986 |
Birds of the Cayman Islands |
|
|
| 10c |
30 |
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens |
|
| 25c |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
|
| 35c |
119 |
La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae |
|
| 40c |
235 |
Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus |
|
| 1988.01 |
27.07.1988 |
Herons |
|
|
| 5c |
26 |
Green Heron Butorides virescens |
|
| 25c |
26 |
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor |
|
| 50c |
26 |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea |
|
| 1$ |
26 |
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea |
|
| 5c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 5c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 30c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 30c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 1994.01 |
21.04.1994 |
Black-billed Whistling Duck |
|
|
| 5c |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
|
| 15c |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
|
| 20c |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
|
| 80c |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
|
| 1$ |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
|
| 1994.02 |
21.04.1994 |
Black-billed Whistling Duck |
|
1994.01 |
| 1$ |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
Emblem MS |
| 1996.01 |
26.09.1996 |
National identity |
12v set |
|
| 80c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
"1996" |
| 1997.01 |
03.02.1997 |
HONG KONG 97 |
|
1996.01 |
| 80c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
"1997" MS |
| 10c |
14 |
West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea |
|
| 20c |
30 |
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens |
|
| 60c |
31 |
Red-footed Booby Sula sula |
|
| 1$ |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 2001.01 |
21.04.2001 |
Cayman Brac |
6v set |
|
| 15c |
57 |
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus |
|
| 2006.01 |
09.10.2006 |
Birds definitives |
|
|
| 25c |
233 |
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola |
|
| 50c |
230 |
Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina |
|
| 75c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 80c |
70 |
Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis |
|
| 1$ |
119 |
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica |
|
| 1.50$ |
108 |
West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris |
|
| 1.60$ |
157 |
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris |
|
| 2$ |
108 |
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus |
|
| 4$ |
235 |
Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra |
|
| 5$ |
235 |
Western Spindalis Spindalis zena |
|
| 10$ |
119 |
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
|
| 20$ |
215 |
Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus |
|
| 2007.01 |
09.01.2007 |
Birds definitives |
Booklet, sa |
2006.01 |
| 25c |
233 |
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola |
|
| 2007.02 |
09.01.2007 |
Birds definitives |
Booklet, sa |
2006.01 |
| 75c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 2007.03 |
09.01.2007 |
Birds definitives |
Booklet, sa |
2006.01 |
| 80c |
70 |
Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis |
|
| 2008.01 |
09.10.2008 |
Birds definitives |
Glossy booklet, sa |
2006.01 |
| 25c |
233 |
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola |
|
| 2008.02 |
09.10.2008 |
Birds definitives |
Glossy booklet, sa |
2006.01 |
| 75c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
|
| 2008.03 |
12.11.2008 |
Christmas, unique transportation |
4v set |
|
| 25c |
66 |
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii |
|
| 2010.01 |
Birds definitives |
Booklet, sa |
2006.01 |
| 25c |
233 |
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola |
"2010" |
| 2010.02 |
Birds definitives |
Booklet, sa |
2006.01 |
| 75c |
73 |
Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala |
"2010" |
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