American Dipper
- Family
- Cinclidae
- Tail Shape
- rounded
- Wing Shape
- short
- Common Name
- American Dipper
Why it matters
The American Dipper is unique among songbirds for being North America's only truly aquatic species, using its short, rounded wings to effectively "fly" underwater in search of food. Collectors and birders prize the dipper for this remarkable evolutionary adaptation, which allows it to thrive in the fast-moving mountain streams that would be inhospitable to most other perching birds.
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