Dippers

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

The White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) is a 61 g river bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Dippers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

61 g

Habitat

Riverine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

46

Recorded in Sweden, Norway, France, United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Russia, Portugal, Estonia, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Georgia, China, India, Turkey, Slovenia, Romania, Morocco, Iran, Belgium, Andorra, Slovakia, Greece, Serbia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herz., Åland, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Montenegro, Mongolia, North Macedonia, Bhutan.

Where to see it: La Vall De Rialb (Andorra); Dilijan City Park / Դիլիջանի քաղաքային այգի (Armenia); Andorra la Vella (Andorra); Vrelo Bosne (Bosnia and Herzegovina); وادي أوكايمدن | Vallée d'Oukaïmeden (Morocco).

Photo: (c) Gergely Nigg, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist