2008 BELARUS Animal GREAT WHITE EGRET BIRD Proof Silver 10 Ruble Coin NGC i89223

Description

Item:
i89223
Authentic Coin of:
Belarus - Great White Egret  - Bird of the Year
2008 Proof
Silver 10 Roubles
31mm
(
16.81
grams) 0.925 Silver (0.4999 oz. ASW)
Reference: KM# 173 | Engraver: O. Novosiolova
Certification:
NGC
PF  70 ULTRA CAMEO 2854832-006
РЭСПУБЛIКА БЕЛАРУСЬ 10 РУБЕЛËУ Ag 925 2007, Bird in two cupped hands within oval.
ПТУШКА ГОДА ВЯЛІКАЯ БЕЛАЯ ЧАПЛЯ, The relief image of the Great White Egret.
You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.
The
great egret
(
Ardea alba
), also known as the
common egret
,
large egret
, or (in the Old World)
great white egret
or
great white heron
is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, it builds tree nests in colonies close to water.
Like all egrets, it is a member of the heron family, Ardeidae. Traditionally classified with the storks in the Ciconiiformes, the Ardeidae are closer relatives of pelicans and belong in the Pelecaniformes, instead. The great egret—unlike the typical egrets—does not belong to the genus
Egretta
, but together with the great herons is today placed in
Ardea
. In the past, however, it was sometimes placed in
Egretta
or separated in a monotypic genus
Casmerodius
.
The Old World population is often referred to as the "great white egret". This species is sometimes confused with the great white heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related great blue heron.
The scientific name comes from Latin
ardea
, "heron", and
alba
, "white".
Four subspecies are found in various parts of the world, which differ but little. Differences are bare-part coloration in the breeding season and size; the smallest
A. a. modesta
from Asia and Australasia some taxonomists consider a full species, the eastern great egret (
Ardea modesta
), but most scientists treat it as a subspecies.
A. a. alba
Linnaeus, 1758
– nominate, found in Europe and across the Palearctic.
A. a. egretta
Gmelin, JF, 1789
– found in Americas
A. a. melanorhynchos
Wagler, 1827
– found in Africa
A. a. modesta
Gray, JE, 1831
– eastern great egret, found in India, Southeast Asia, and Oceania
The great egret is a large heron with all-white plumage. Standing up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, this species can measure 80 to 104 cm (31 to 41 in) in length and have a wingspan of 131 to 170 cm (52 to 67 in). Body mass can range from 700 to 1,500 g (1.5 to 3.3 lb), with an average around 1,000 g (2.2 lb). It is thus only slightly smaller than the great blue or grey heron (
A. cinerea
). Apart from size, the great egret can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet, though the bill may become darker and the lower legs lighter in the breeding season. In breeding plumage, delicate ornamental feathers are borne on the back. Males and females are identical in appearance; juveniles look like nonbreeding adults. Differentiated from the intermediate egret (
Mesophoyx intermedius
) by the gape, which extends well beyond the back of the eye in case of the great egret, but ends just behind the eye in case of the intermediate egret.
It has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes, ibises, and spoonbills, which extend their necks in flight. The great egret walks with its neck extended and wings held close. The great egret is not normally a vocal bird; it gives a low, hoarse croak when disturbed, and at breeding colonies, it often gives a loud croaking
cuk cuk cuk
and higher-pitched squawks.
Belarus
, officially the
Republic of Belarus
, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus covers an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi), with a population of 9.4 million, and is the thirteenth-largest and the twentieth-most populous country in Europe. The country is administratively divided into seven regions, and is one of the world's most urbanized, with over 40% of its total land area forested. Minsk is the country's capital and largest city.
Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including Kievan Rus', the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in 1917, different states arose competing for legitimacy amidst the Civil War, ultimately ending in the rise of the Byelorussian SSR, which became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922. After the Polish-Soviet War, Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland. Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939, when some lands of the Second Polish Republic were reintegrated into it after the Soviet invasion of Poland, and were finalized after World War II. During WWII, military operations devastated Belarus, which lost about a quarter of its population and half of its economic resources. The republic was redeveloped in the post-war years. In 1945, the Byelorussian SSR became a founding member of the United Nations, along with the Soviet Union.
The parliament of the republic proclaimed the sovereignty of Belarus on 27 July 1990, and during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Belarus declared independence on 25 August 1991. Following the adoption of a new constitution in 1994, Alexander Lukashenko was elected Belarus's first president in the country's first and only free election post-independence, serving as president ever since. Lukashenko's government is widely considered to be authoritarian and human rights groups consider human rights in the country to be poor. Belarus is the only country in Europe officially using the death penalty. Lukashenko continued a number of Soviet-era policies, such as state ownership of large sections of the economy. In 2000, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty for greater cooperation, forming the Union State.
Belarus is a developing country ranking very high in the Human Development Index. It has been a member of the United Nations since its founding; and a member of the CIS, the CSTO, the EAEU, and the Non-Aligned Movement, it has shown no aspirations for joining the European Union but nevertheless maintains a bilateral relationship with the Union, and likewise participates in two EU projects: the Eastern Partnership and the Baku Initiative.
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