Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Dippers :: White-throated Dipper

White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): White-bellied Dipper, White-breasted Dipper, Dipper, Eurasian Dipper, Common Dipper
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Doulevant-le-Château, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - Nov 11, 2003 © Pascal Dubois  Doulevant-le-Château, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - Nov 11, 2003 © Pascal Dubois  Doulevant-le-Château, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France - Nov 11, 2003 © Pascal Dubois  Fagervik, Finland - May, 1995 © Esa Ervasti 
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Range

Eurpoe and nw. Africa to c. Asia;
Fragmented distribution;
(1) Ireland and w. Scotland including Inner Hebrides.
(2) Scotland, w. and c. England and Wales.
(3) N. Europe in Scandinavia e. to nw. Russia e. to the Pechora River, c. and sw. France, nw. Spain, Corsica and Sardinia.
(4) C. and s. Europe from Belgium and e. France s. to e. and s. Spain, Italy, Sicily and Greece.
(5) Cyprus.
(6) W. Russia (Ural Mountains).
(7) Nw. Africa (n. Morocco and n. Algeria in the Atlas Mountains).
(8) Turkey, Caucasus, n. Iraq, w. and n. Iran.
(9) Lebanon and w. Syria.
(10) Sw. Iran (Zagros Mountains).
(11) C. Asia in sc. Russia (Turkestan, e. Kazakhstan, Altai Mountains e. to Transbaikalia) s. to n. Afghanistan, nw. Pakistan, nw. China (Tien Shan, w. Kunlun Shan), and Mongolia.
(12) N. slope of the w. and c. Himalayas from n. Pakistan, n. India (Kashmir) e. to Sikkim.
(13) N. Bhutan, se. Tibet to nw., c. and sc. China (s. Gansu and nw. Sichuan s. to se. and e. Xizang).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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