Brown Dipper

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iBrown Dipper
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cinclidae
Genus: Cinclus
Species: C. pallasii
Binomial name
Cinclus pallasii
Temminck, 1820

The Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii), alternatively known by the common names Pallas's Dipper, Asian Dipper or the Asiatic Dipper, is a 22-cm long aquatic songbird found in Asia. This species, which is not often seen, is found at medium to low elevations where mountain streams flow.

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