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Hoopoe

The Hoopoe, Upupa epops, is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species.

The Hoopoe is a medium sized bird, 25–32 cm (9.8-12.6 in) long, with a 44–48 cm (17.3–19 in) wingspan weighing 46-89 g (1.6-3.1 oz). The species is highly distinctive, with a long, thin tapering bill that is black with a fawn base. The strengthened musculature of the head allows the bill to be opened when probing inside the soil. The hoopoe has broad and rounded wings capable of strong flight; these are larger in the northern migratory subspecies. The Hoopoe has a characteristic undulating flight, which is like that of a giant butterfly, caused by the wings half closing at the end of each beat or short sequence of beats.[6]
The song is a trisyllabic "oop-oop-oop", which gives rise to its English and scientific names.
Transnistria 2003 HoopoeView
Obverse: 
there is an image of the State Emblem  Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika  in the centre, circled by an inscription "ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК" (Pridnestrovskiy Respublikanskiy Bank) in Cyrillic above the image along the edging and an inscription "100 РУБЛЕЙ" (100 rubles) in Cyrillic under the image "2003" indicating the mint year is below the image of the State Emblem.
Reverse: 
an image of a bird hoopoe sitting on the oak branch circled with an inscription "УДОД ОБЫКНОВЕННЫЙ" (Hoopoe Characteristic) in Cyrillic - UPUPA EPOPS”.
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Catalog ID: 
PMR50CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 43
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€55
Mintage: 
500
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Purity: 
0.925
Weight: 
14.14g
Diameter: 
32mm
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