Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)

This triangular postage due stamp (timbre taxe) highlights Mauritania's large semi-arid grassland avifauna by featuring an Arabian bustard (Ardeotis arabs), labeled on the issue simply as a bustard (outarde). The distinctive three-sided composition frames the stately, long-legged bird walking across a sparse Sahelian plain, its detailed patterned plumage softly set against a pale green gradient. This imagery conveys a message of environmental preservation and wilderness protection, celebrating iconic ground birds that inhabit the fragile savanna networks. Within the early administrative operations of the Islamic Republic, the stamp integrates functional postage collection with symbols of local natural heritage.