White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (3)
Ben Pedigo, Steve Ormerod, Stephanie Tyler, Guy M. Kirwan, and Andrew J. Spencer
Version: 2.0 — Published May 28, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Белоглав воден кос |
Catalan | merla d'aigua capblanca |
Croatian | andski vodenkos |
Dutch | Witkopwaterspreeuw |
English | White-capped Dipper |
English (United States) | White-capped Dipper |
Estonian | andi vesipapp |
French | Cincle à tête blanche |
French (Canada) | Cincle à tête blanche |
German | Weißkopf-Wasseramsel |
Icelandic | Flúðabúi |
Japanese | シロガシラカワガラス |
Norwegian | andesfossekall |
Polish | pluszcz białogłowy |
Russian | Белоголовая оляпка |
Serbian | Beloglavi vodenkos |
Slovak | vodnár bielohlavý |
Spanish | Mirlo Acuático Coroniblanco |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Cinclo Gorriblanco |
Spanish (Peru) | Mirlo Acuático de Gorro Blanco |
Spanish (Spain) | Mirlo acuático coroniblanco |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Pájaro de Agua |
Swedish | vitkronad strömstare |
Turkish | Ak Başlı Derekuşu |
Ukrainian | Пронурок білоголовий |
Cinclus leucocephalus Tschudi, 1844
PROTONYM:
Cinclus leucocephalus
Tschudi, 1844. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10, p.279.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Department of Junin, Peru.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CINCLUS
- cinclus
- leucocephala / leucocephalos / leucocephalus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the White-capped Dipper