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 LC    American Dipper* Id (Atlas):
    Cinclus mexicanus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
American Dipper, Water Ouzel

Family
Cinclidae (Dippers)

Size
16 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Swainson, 1827

Range (Guide)
Canada (B), Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, USA (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 600,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Aquatic insects and their larvae, including dragonfly nymphs and caddisfly larvae. Also small fish and tadpoles.

Voice
A loud, sharp 'bzeet', uttered when flushed. On landing may utter a fast series of these notes. Song is a long series of repeated, varied, thrasher-like phrases. Ventriloqual.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

 
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) [XC368597]
     by Thomas Magarian from Little Belt Mountains, Dry Wolf Creek area, Judith Basin County, Montana, United States (call)

 
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) [XC216642]
     by Thomas Magarian from Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States (song)

Nest
Dome-shaped, with a side entrance, located close to water, on a rock ledge, river bank, behind a waterfall or under a bridge.

Eggs (Guide)
2 - 4; white. Incubation: 15 - 17 days; by female.

Young
Fledge in 20 - 25 days.

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • mexicanus Swainson, 1827   -  Northern and central Mexico (Pacific slope from northern Chihuahua south to Michoacán, México and western Puebla). .
  • unicolor Bonaparte, 1827   -  Alaska (including Aleutian Is) and western Canada south in western USA to California and New Mexico.
  • dickermani Phillips, AR, 1966   -  Southern Mexico on Pacific slope (southern Guerrero, southern Oaxaca) and Atlantic slope (borth-eastern Puebla, central Veracruz).
  • anthonyi Griscom, 1930   -  South-eastern Mexico (eastern Chiapas), south-western Guatemala, north-eastern and south-eastern Honduras and north-western Nicaragua.
  • ardesiacus Salvin, 1867   -  Costa Rica (entire Caribbean slope, and Pacific slope of Cordillera de Talamanca and Cordillera Central) and western Panama (Pacific slope in Chiriqui and Veraguas).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) - 10 files


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