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English White-throated Dipper
Scientific (Cinclus cinclus)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Cinclidae
Family (English) Dippers
Other name(s) Dipper
Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread, also nw Africa
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA) map Sweden,Nepal,Czech Republic,Portugal,Latvia,Turkey,Tunisia,Morocco,Croatia,United Kingdom,Slovenia,India - mainland,Algeria,Serbia,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Lebanon,Belarus,Netherlands,Ukraine,Romania,Greece,Belgium,Uzbekistan,France,Syria,Mongolia,Hungary,Liechtenstein,Pakistan,China,Estonia,Armenia,Turkmenistan,Ireland,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Slovakia,Tajikistan,Poland,Moldova,Spain,Macedonia,Switzerland,Lithuania,Norway,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Iran,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,Finland,Austria,Kazakhstan,Italy,Bhutan,Myanmar,Georgia,Afghanistan,Denmark,Andorra,Albania,Montenegro,
Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
hibernicus Ireland and w Scotland
cashmeriensis w, c Himalayas
baicalensis sc, se Siberia
leucogaster sc Russia, nw China s to Afghanistan and n Pakistan
persicus sw Iran
caucasicus Turkey to the Caucasus, n Iran and n Iraq
uralensis Ural Mts. (w Russia)
rufiventris w Syria and Lebanon
minor nw Africa
olympicus † † Cyprus
aquaticus c, s Europe
cinclus n Europe, w, c France and n Spain, Corsica and Sardinia
gularis Scotland (except w), n, c, w England and Wales
przewalskii e Himalayas, s Tibet and w China
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
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German Wasseramsel
French Cincle plongeur
Chinese 河乌
Japanese ムナジロカワガラス
Russian Оляпка
Spanish Mirlo acuático europeo
Portuguese melro-d'água-europeu
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)