Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1976 to 1979, under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), commonly known as the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge's capture of the capital Phnom Penh in 1975 effectively ended the United States-backed Khmer Republic under Prime Minister-later President Lon Nol.
From 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge's one-party regime killed millions of its own people through mass executions, forced labour, and starvation, in an event which has come to be known as the Cambodian genocide. The killings ended when the Khmer Rouge were ousted from Phnom Penh by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).
The Khmer Rouge subsequently established a government-in-exile in neighbouring Thailand and retained Kampuchea's seat at the United Nations (UN). In response, Vietnamese-backed communists created a rival government, the People's Republic of Kampuchea, but failed to gain international recognition.
In 1982, the Khmer Rouge established the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK) with two non-communist guerrilla factions, broadening the exiled government of Democratic Kampuchea. The exiled government renamed itself the National Government of Cambodia in 1990, in the run-up to the UN-sponsored 1991 Paris Peace Agreements.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1983.01
20.09.1983
Birds
20s
108
Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
50s
190
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
80s
78
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
1r
78
Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris
1.50r
27
Sunda Collared Dove Streptopelia bitorquata
2r
168
Oriental Magpie Pica serica
3r
87
Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
1984.01
02.02.1984
Birds
10s
70
Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
40s
167
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
80s
108
Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
1r
229
Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
1.20r
24
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
2r
238
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
2.50r
238
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
1985.01
05.07.1985
Argentina '85
20s
252
Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus
50s
256
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
80s
256
Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
1r
252
Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
1.50r
90
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
2r
98
Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
3r
226
Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
1987.01
05.05.1987
Capex '87
20s
93
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
50s
84
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
80s
32
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
1r
79
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
1.50r
90
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
2r
189
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
3r
70
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
1987.02
05.05.1987
Capex '87
6r
165
Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
MS
1989.01
02.12.1989
Parrots
20s
107
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
80s
106
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
3r
108
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
6r
107
Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
10r
107
Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus
15r
107
Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
25r
107
White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
1989.02
02.12.1989
Parrots
45r
108
Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
MS
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