Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae (Dippers)  
Genus: Cinclus (5 species)

Genus Cinclus, Dippers, and found only in fast moving mountain streams where they hop along rocks looking for insects or other small animals.


White-throated Dipper
White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus gularis)
Range: PAL: widespread, also nw Africa
Lanthwaite Wood, Cumbria, England  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.



White-capped Dipper
White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus leuconotus)
Range: SA: Colombia to Bolivia
Parque Ecológico El Salado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note white belly, except in Santa Marta where it is dark grey, and in Peru and Bolivia where it is black.
In action.
Eating.

American Dipper
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus ardesiacus)
Range: NA, MA: w Canada to Panama
PN Tapanti, Orosi, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Brown Dipper
Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii pallasii)
Range: PAL: c, e
Taiwan  
 
Photograph by Bob Du   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-throated Dipper
Rufous-throated Dipper (Cinclus schulzii) Vulnerable
Range: SA: nw Argentina and se Bolivia
Río Los Sosa, Tucumán province, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



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