1 ruble 2018. Owl Bubo Bubo

Transnistria. 1 ruble 2018. The Red Book - Filin Bubo Bubo.

The common eagle owl (lat. Bubo bubo, Art. Rus. Pugach) is a large bird of prey (wingspan is up to 2 m, weight is more than 4 kg), leading a nocturnal lifestyle. Coloring is from dark-red to golden-ocher, with sharp longitudinal black speckles, on the sides and belly is a dark transverse pattern. On the head feather ears.
Distributed widely throughout the country. In Transbaikalia is found in forests, forest-steppes, steppes, but everywhere rare.
In the steppes nest at the outcrops of rocks and among large stones. Marital deaf cries of an eagle owl are heard already in February. Bird nests on the ground, in the crevices of rocks, hollows, in empty stumps. Eggs are laid in March - early April. In laying 2-3 white eggs. Hatching lasts 32–35 days, starting with the laying of the first egg. Chicks begin to fly at the age of about three months. The chicks are fed by the female and male, bringing them gophers, pikas, voles, jerboas, hamsters, small birds. Less commonly, an eagle owl attacks hares, and sometimes predators such as Corsac.
Like most other owl species, the owl flies off to hunt after sunset. Looks for prey in flight, flies low over the fields or edges of the forest, often inside the forest. Its flight is noiseless, and the eagle owl appears always unexpectedly. Having noticed the prey, it sharply dives and grabs it with clawed paws. Allows him to hunt in the twilight very well developed vision.
The owl is a very rare bird that needs protection.

Obverse: the image of the State Emblem of the Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika is located, under which the face value is indicated - “1 RUBLE”. Along the edge of the coin are inscriptions, separated by dots: at the top - "PRIDNESTROVSKY REPUBLICAN BANK", at the bottom - "2018".

Reverse: in the center - a stylized image of an owl; on the right - an image of a soaring eagle owl, at the top - the inscription “RED BOOK OF TRANSNESTRIA”, below - the inscription “FILIN BUBO BUBO”.

Release Date: 12/28/2018