White-capped Dipper

Cinclus leucocephalus - Cincle à tête blanche

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Cinclidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cinclus

  • Species
    :

    leucocephalus

Descriptor

Tschudi, 1844

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 17 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cincle à tête blanche
adult
Cincle à tête blanche
adult

White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus) is a species of bird in the Cinclidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Cinclus leucocephalus leucocephalus (Peru and Bolivia)
  • Cinclus leucocephalus rivularis (n Colombia)
  • Cinclus leucocephalus leuconotus (w Venezuela to Ecuador)

Foreign names

  • Cincle à tête blanche,
  • Mirlo acuático coroniblanco,
  • melro-de-água-coroado,
  • Weißkopf-Wasseramsel,
  • koronás vízirigó,
  • Witkopwaterspreeuw,
  • Merlo acquaiolo capobianco,
  • vitkronad strömstare,
  • Andesfossekall,
  • vodnár bielohlavý,
  • skorec bělohlavý,
  • Hvidkronet Vandstær,
  • andienkoskikara,
  • merla d'aigua capblanca,
  • pluszcz białogłowy,
  • Белоголовая оляпка,
  • シロガシラカワガラス,
  • 白顶河乌,
  • 白頂河烏,

Voice song and cries

Cincle à tête blanche
adult

Habitat

Cincle à tête blanche
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Cincle à tête blanche
published: - Updated: 25-08-2008
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