Cinclus cinclus
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In 3 days <5%
The white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus), also known as the European dipper or just dipper, is an aquatic, passerine bird found in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The species is divided into several subspecies, based primarily on colour differences, particularly of the pectoral band.
The white-throated dipper was described in 1758 by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Sturnus cinclus. The current genus Cinclus was introduced by German naturalist Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1797. The name cinclus is from the Ancient Greek word kinklos that was used to describe small, tail-wagging birds that resided near water. Of the five species now placed in the genus, a molecular genetic study has shown that the white-throated dipper is most closely related to the other Eurasian species, the brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii).
The 14 subspecies, including one now extinct (with †) are: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 3 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 4 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 12 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 13 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 14 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 15 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 16 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 17 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 18 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 19 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | |
| 2 | Turin | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 3 | Dublin | 🇮🇪 Ireland | |
| 4 | Yekaterinburg | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Munich | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Yerevan | 🇦🇲 Armenia | |
| 7 | Sofia | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | |
| 8 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 10 | Cologne | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpenzoo Innsbruck | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Dipper sighting in Stockholm on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 115th most-seen of the 128 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Dipper in Stockholm on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-throated Dipper sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
12th of 13
Of the 13 cities where we can rate White-throated Dipper sightings, Stockholm ranks 12th at under 5%. The best odds are in Almaty (Kazakhstan, about 10%), Turin (Italy, about 10%) and Dublin (Ireland, under 5%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the White-throated Dipper that you can see in Stockholm (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Eurasian Blackbird (about 80%), Great Tit (about 80%) and Eurasian Magpie (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-throated Dipper is recorded against all the birds logged in Stockholm (17 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
