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.