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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;areich, post: 1489747, member: 37479&quot;]<b>White-Winged Flufftail:&nbsp; Zambia</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Zambia contributed to the WWF 25th anniversary a coins celebrating the White-Winged Flufftail ( <i>Sarothrura ayesi </i>).</p><p><br /></p><p>The bird is a kind of rail, the family of Rallidae, birds which generally are either flightless or weak flyers.&nbsp; Interestingly enough, the weakness of flight means that when they migrated they often get blown off course and as a result have come to inhabit many isolated islands.&nbsp; The family is considered somewhat primitive and generally live in marsh lands.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]189481.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A very rare species of Africa, they come in chestnut color with a whitish chin.&nbsp; I can&#039;t find much more information than on the flufftail,&nbsp; and avian classifications and families, although a lot of exciting work has been done in the field in the last 20 years.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/flufftail.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/flufftail_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf/flufftail_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is a 10 Kwacha 0.925 Silver fineness, with a weight of 27.22 grms. and a diameter of 40mm, one of the largest coins in the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was minted in the British royal mint in proof grade, 25,000 specimens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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