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Atlas Polskych Ptakow: Stas' Atlas of Polish Birds - SPECIAL EDITION: Polish Birds we've never seen and most want to see: DUDEK
Name: Dudek
Latin Name: Upupa epops
English Name: Crested Hoopoe (pronounced: Hu-pu)
This entry is about the Polish bird NONE OF US has seen and we most want to see! The hoopoe has a brownish orange chest and a brownish orange head. It's crest on the head is stands up when alarmed. It has a black tail and wings that both have white stripes (if you are a birder you would call stripes "bars"). Call is a soft repeated-hoop-hoop. It is from 9.8-12.6 in. and with a wingspan of 17.3-19 in.
More about the Dudek (in polish)(if you want you can use google translate) at: http://www.hoopoe.com.pl/
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