Rufous-throated Dipper
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| Cinclus schulzi Cabanis, 1882 |
The Rufous-throated Dipper or Argentine Dipper (Cinclus schulzi) is an aquatic songbird found in South America, one of the dipper family.
It lives along rapid rocky streams in the Andes at 800 metres to 2500 metres in elevation. The bird breeds in the alder zone at 1500 metres to 2500 metres in elevation.[1] (http://worldbirdinfo.net/search_results.asp?sibleymonroefamilyname=CINCLIDAE:Dippers)
Reference
- ITIS entry for Cinclus (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=178535)
- World Bird Data Project (http://worldbirdinfo.net/search_results.asp?sibleymonroefamilyname=CINCLIDAE:Dippers)