Brown Dipper
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Brown Dipper
| image = Brown_dipper_stamp.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = Republic of China (Taiwan)
postage stamp of a brown dipper.
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Aves
| ordo = Passeriformes
| familia = Cinclidae
| genus = Cinclus
| species = C. pallasii
| binomial = Cinclus pallasii
| binomial_authority = 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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