Cinclus pallasii

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea

Familia: Cinclidae
Genus: Cinclus
Species: Cinclus pallasii
Subspecies: C. p. dorjei – C. p. pallasii – C. p. tenuirostris
Name

Cinclus pallasii Temminck, 1820
References

Manuel d'ornithologie ed.2, 1: 177.

Vernacular names
brezhoneg: Dourlaouig gell
català: Merla d'aigua bruna
Cymraeg: Trochwr brown
Deutsch: Pallaswasseramsel
English: Brown Dipper
Esperanto: Bruna cinklo
español: Mirlo acuático pardo
فارسی: زیرآبروک قهوه‌ای
suomi: Aasiankoskikara
français: Cincle de Pallas
magyar: Hegyi vízirigó
italiano: Merlo acquaiolo bruno
日本語: カワガラス
қазақша: Қоңыр сушылқара
한국어: 물까마귀
кырык мары: Кӹрӓн куплагы
Nederlands: Zwarte waterspreeuw
پنجابی: پؤرا چبی مار
русский: Бурая оляпка
svenska: Brun strömstare
Tiếng Việt: Lội suối nâu
中文: 河烏

The brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii), also known as Pallas's dipper, Asian dipper or the Asiatic dipper, is an aquatic songbird found in the mountains of the east Palearctic. It is a thrush-like bird with a cocked tail. Its plumage is chocolate-brown with a slightly lighter coloured back and breast. At 22 cm (8.7 in) and 87 g (3.1 oz), it is the largest of the dippers. This species, which is not often seen, is found at medium to low elevations where mountain streams flow.
Taxonomy

The brown dipper was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1820 and given the binomial name Cinclus pallasii.[3] The type locality is Eastern Siberia.[4] The specific epithet pallasii was chosen in honour of the Prussian naturalist Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811).[5] Of the five species now placed in the genus, a molecular genetic study has shown that the brown dipper is most closely related to the other Eurasian species, the white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus).[6]

There are three subspecies:[7]

C. p. tenuirostris Bonaparte, 1850 – north Afghanistan and the mountains of central Asia to central Himalayas
C. p. dorjei Kinnear, 1937 – east Himalayas to Myanmar and northwest Thailand
C. p. pallasii Temminck, 1820 – east Siberia to central China east to island of Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, Japan and Taiwan, south to south China, north Indochina

Diet and feeding biology

The brown dipper can either feed by diving into streams to eat larger benthic organisms, or wade in shallower parts of streams and pick smaller organisms of the bottom. The adults will dive for food from December through April, which is when there are more large benthic organisms. Since this period is also the breeding season of the brown dipper, more food is required, so diving for large food is necessary. However, the adults will forage by wading and picking at the stream bottom for the rest of the year. Brown dipper chicks and fledglings will also forage by diving.[8] One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below -55 C.[9] Following typhoons, brown dippers in upland Taiwanese streams are displaced by flooding into relatively poorer quality streams that likely act as an important refuge.[10]

References
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BirdLife International (2016). "Cinclus pallasii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708160A94151755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708160A94151755.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
"Cinclus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 378.
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Voelker, Gary (2002). "Molecular phylogenetics and the historical biogeography of dippers (Cinclus)". Ibis. 144 (4): 577–584. doi:10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00084.x.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Dippers, leafbirds, flowerpeckers, sunbirds". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
Eguchi, K. (1990). "The choice of foraging methods of the brown dipper, Cinclus pallasii (Aves: Cinclidae)". Journal of Ethology. 8 (2): 121–127. doi:10.1007/BF02350282. S2CID 11739480.
Dinets, V.; Sanchez, M. (2017). "Brown Dippers (Cinclus pallasi) overwintering at −65°C in Northeastern Siberia". Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 129 (2): 397–400. doi:10.1676/16-071.1. S2CID 91058122.
Hong, S.-Y.; Sharp, S.P.; Chiu, M.-C.; Kuo, M.-H.; Sun, Y.-H. (2018). "Flood avoidance behaviour in Brown Dippers Cinclus pallasii" (PDF). Ibis. 160 (1): 179–184. doi:10.1111/ibi.12508.