Rufous-throated Dipper
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Rufous-throated Dipper | status = Conservation status: Vulnerable | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Cinclidae | genus = Cinclus | species = C. schulzi | binomial = Cinclus schulzi | binomial_authority = Cabanis, 1882 }}
The Rufous-throated Dipper or Argentine Dipper (Cinclus schulzi) is an aquatic songbird found in South America, one of the dipper family.
It lives along rapid rocky streams in the Andes at 800 metres to 2500 metres in elevation. The bird breeds in the alder zone at 1500 metres to 2500 metres in elevation.[1]
BirdLife International have classified this species as "Vulnerable". Threats included reservoir construction, and hydroelectric and irrigation schemes. The current population is estimated at 3,000 to 4,000.