Currency | Pound (SSP) |
Facial value | 0,20 |
Year of issue | 2015 |
Metal | Brass plated steel |
Ø in mm | 21 |
Art.-No. | SS00.20A |
Price EUR | 40,00 |
Shoebill stork or Abu Markub. It is a large (1 to 1.4 m for 4 to 7 kg), elusive, stalk-like bird with an almost prehistoric appearance, due to its oversized shoe-shaped beak. It is genetically closer to pelicans and herons and can be found in East Africa’s freshwater swamps and marshes, from South Sudan to Botswana and Tanzania. Its distribution is frequently associated with the presence of papyrus vegetation and lungfish.