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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCinclidae
Observations recorded38,993
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 155
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Cinclidae
- Collections
- MLZ, MSB
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Peru
Bird sounds
- call, song· Colombia· quality B
- flight call· Ecuador· quality B
- call, calls· Ecuador· quality B
- call· Ecuador· quality B
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Cinclus leucocephalus
- Commons category
- Cinclus leucocephalus
- taxon common name
- melro-de-água-coroado
- litter size
- 2
- short name
- C. leucocephalus
- taxon range
- South America
- taxon author citation
- Tschudi, 1844
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The white-capped dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus) is a semiaquatic passerine bird of South America. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cinclus leucocephalus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.