White-throated dipper

Cinclus cinclus
Dippers (Cinclidae)

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Brown head, white chest and throat, the remainder is dark grey to black, short tail. The young are grey with a white throat and breast. The northern subspecies has a rust brown breast marking between the white and black.

Always near fast flowing water, mostly in mountainous areas where a pair has a territory of 1 to 2 km. The feathers are water repellant. 

⇔ l. 17-18 cm

This is the national bird of Norway.

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