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White-throated Dipper
Cinclus cinclus
The white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus) is the only truly aquatic songbird, a plump, wren-shaped bird of fast upland streams that walks along the streambed underwater. Nothing else in the passerines does this, and the equipment for it is comprehensive: dense, tightly overlap…
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- Unlike most songbirds, the White-throated Dipper has a special membrane that covers its eyes when submerged, allowing it to see clearly underwater.
- It is the only songbird in the world that swims and walks underwater. Its preen gland is about ten times larger than that of comparable songbirds, because it has to keep an entire bird waterproof. It angles its back into the current so the flowing water pushes it down onto the streambed, rather than fighting to stay under. It builds its nest behind waterfalls, flying through the falling water to reach the entrance.
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