American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)

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.

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American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) [XC209342]
by from Goldstream River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (call)

American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) [XC332721]
by Sue Riffe from Walbran River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (begging call)

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 Michoac�n, M�xico 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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