Birds of Costa Rica

    PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae (Dippers)  
Genus: Cinclus (1 species, 5 worldwide)

Genus Cinclus, Dippers, and found only in fast moving mountain streams where they hop along rocks looking for insects or other small animals.


American Dipper
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus ardesiacus)
PN Tapanti, Orosi, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.



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