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What the White-throated Dipper sounds like
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The white-throated dipper is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long, rotund, and short tailed. The head of the adult (C. c. gularis and C. c. aquaticus) is brown, the back is slate-grey mottled with black, looking black from a distance, and the wings and tail are brown. The throat and upper breast are white, followed by a band of warm chestnut, which merges into black on the belly and flanks. The bill is almost black, the legs and irises brown. C. c. cinclus has a black belly band. The young are greyish brown and have no chestnut band. Voice: The male has a sweet wren-like song. During courtship, the male sings whilst he runs and postures, exhibiting his snowy breast, and when displaying, he takes long and high flights, like those of the common kingfisher, accompanied by sharp, metallic calls clink, clink, different from the normal zil.
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When to see the White-throated Dipper
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-throated Dipper
The map shades 60 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-throated Dipper
The white-throated dipper, also known as the European dipper or just dipper, is an aquatic, passerine bird found in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The species is divided into several subspecies, based primarily on colour differences, particularly of the pectoral band.
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Easily confused with
American DipperCinclus mexicanusThe American dipper is a stocky, grey bird with a head sometimes tinged with brown, and white feathers on the eyelids that cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks.
White-capped DipperCinclus leucocephalusThe white-capped dipper is 13.5 to 16.5 cm (5.3 to 6.5 in) long and weighs 38 to 59 g (1.3 to 2.1 oz).
Brown DipperCinclus pallasiiThe brown dipper, also known as Pallas's dipper, Asian dipper or the Asiatic dipper, is an aquatic songbird found in the mountains of the east Palearctic.
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