White-throated Dipper
A species of Dippers Scientific name : Cinclus cinclus Genus : Dippers
White-throated Dipper, A species of Dippers
Botanical name: Cinclus cinclus
Genus: Dippers
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Description
The white-throated dipper is about 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long, rotund and short tailed. The head of the adult (gularis and aquaticus) is brown, the back 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 irides brown. C. c. cinclus has a black belly band. The young are greyish brown and have no chestnut band. 
Size
20 cm
Colors
Brown
Black
Gray
White
Life Expectancy
8 years
Nest Placement
Cavity
Feeding Habits
White-throated Dipper primarily feeds on aquatic invertebrates like caddis worms, insect larvae, beetles, and freshwater molluscs alongside fish and amphibians. A preferred delicacy is the Gammarus crustacean. White-throated Dipper also forages on land for terrestrial invertebrates, displaying unique dexterity walking and running along banks and rocks.
Habitat
The white-throated Dipper primarily inhabits temperate freshwater regions with a preference for fast-flowing, clear-water rocky streams and rivers. These environments typically feature riffles, exposed rocks, and are situated within forested areas, mountainous regions, and sometimes open moorland. They also frequent glacial lakes, especially in upland zones, and require cliffs or artificial structures, such as bridges, for nesting. While the white-throated Dipper largely resides in high altitudes, some populations descend to lower elevations or sea-level in non-breeding seasons.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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Behavior
The white-throated dipper is closely associated with swiftly running rivers and streams or the lakes into which these fall. It often perches bobbing spasmodically with its short tail uplifted on the rocks round which the water swirls and tumbles. It acquired its name from these sudden dips, not from its diving habit, though it dives as well as walks into the water. It flies rapidly and straight, its short wings whirring swiftly and without pauses or glides, calling a shrill zil, zil, zil. It will then either drop on the water and dive or plunge in with a small splash. From a perch it will walk into the water and deliberately submerge, but there is no truth in the assertion that it can defy the laws of specific gravity and walk along the bottom. Undoubtedly when entering the water it grips with its strong feet, but the method of progression beneath the surface is by swimming, using the wings effectively for flying under water. It holds itself down by muscular exertion, with its head well down and its body oblique, its course beneath the surface often revealed by a line of rising bubbles. In this way it secures its food, usually aquatic invertebrates including caddis worms and other aquatic insect larvae, beetles, Limnaea, Ancylus and other freshwater molluscs, and also fish and small amphibians. A favourite food is the small crustacean Gammarus, an amphipod shrimp. It also walks and runs on the banks and rocks seeking terrestrial invertebrates. The winter habits of the dipper vary considerably and apparently individually. When the swift hill streams are frozen it is forced to descend to the lowlands and even visit the coasts, but some will remain if there is any open water.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Dippers Genus
Dippers Species
White-throated Dipper 
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