White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (3)
Steve Ormerod, Stephanie Tyler, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 25, 2017
Text last updated December 25, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белоглав воден кос |
| Catalan | merla d'aigua capblanca |
| Dutch | Witkopwaterspreeuw |
| English | White-capped Dipper |
| English (United States) | White-capped Dipper |
| French | Cincle à tête blanche |
| French (France) | 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 von Tschudi, 1844
PROTONYM:
Cinclus leucocephalus
von Tschudi, 1844. Arch.Naturgesch. 10, p.279.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Department of Junin, Peru.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CINCLUS
- cinclus
- leucocephala / leucocephalos / leucocephalus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-capped Dipper
