Rufous-throated Dipper

It lives along rapid rocky streams in the Andes at 800 metres to 2500 metres in elevation. The bird breeds in the alder zone at 1500 metres to 2500 metres in elevation.

The Rufous-throated Dipper is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

Rufous-throated Dipper which is brown with a reddish-brown throat patch. Sizes range from 14–22 cm in length and 40-90 g in weight, with males larger than females. Their short wings give them a distinctive whirring flight. They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. Distribution and habitat - Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. More

The Rufous-throated Dipper or Argentine Dipper (Cinclus schulzi) is an aquatic songbird found in South America, and is part of the dipper family. It lives along rapid rocky streams in the Andes at 800 metres to 2500 metres in elevation. The bird breeds in the alder zone at 1500 metres to 2500 metres in elevation. BirdLife International have classified this species as "Vulnerable". Threats included reservoir construction, hydroelectric dams, and irrigation schemes. More

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Rufous-throated dipper perched on rock Rufous-throated dipper perched on rockPrint factsheet Facts - Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Cinclidae Genus Cinclus (1) Size Length: 14 – 15. More

suggests that that of the Rufous-throated Dipper is 2. The incubation period of 16-17 days is followed by the hatching of altricial young which are brooded by the female alone for the next 12-13 days. The nestlings are fed by both parents and the whole fledging period is about 20-24 days. Young dippers usually become independent of their parents within a couple of weeks of leaving the nest. Dippers may raise second broods if conditions allow. More

apart from the Rufous-throated Dipper which is brown with a reddis... More Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater. Dippers are small, stout, short-tailed, short-winged, strong-legged birds. More

exception, the Rufous-throated Dipper, is classified as vulnerable because of its small, fragmented and declining population which is threatened, especially in Argentina, by changes in river management. Taxonomy - Cinclus is the only genus in the family Cinclidae. The White-throated Dipper and American Dipper are also known in Britain and America, respectively, as the Water Ouzel (sometimes spelt "ousel") – ouzel originally meant the unrelated but superficially similar Blackbird (Old English osle). More