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White-throated dipper

Cinclus cinclus · Family Cinclidae

Cinclus cinclus

Family Cinclidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cinclidae
GBIF occurrence records
678,943
Countries and territories with records
75
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About this species

This species has 678,943 occurrence records from 75 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (31.9%), Norway (13%), France (11.1%), the United Kingdom (7.5%) and Finland (6.8%); together they account for 70.3% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.21% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Cinclus cinclus combines the genus name Cinclus with the species epithet cinclus. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Cinclus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cinclus mexicanus, Cinclus leucocephalus and Cinclus pallasii.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 5 species of the family Cinclidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 3.4 times the family average (201,744). The family Cinclidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the order Passeriformes

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