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    (c) Jared Shorma, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) samzhang, all rights reserved

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    (c) John D Reynolds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Mason Maron, all rights reserved

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    (c) Jared Shorma, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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American Dipper

Cinclus mexicanus

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Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), also known as a water ouzel, is a stocky dark grey bird with a head sometimes tinged with brown, and white feathers on the eyelids that cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks. It is 16.5 cm long and weighs on average 46 g. It has long legs, and bobs its whole body up and down during pauses as it feeds on the bottom of fast-moving, rocky streams. It...

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