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Cinclus schulzi
TAXONOMY
Cinclus schulzi Cabanis, 1883, Cerro Bayo, Tucumбn, Argentina.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Rufous-throated dipper; French: Cincle а gorge rousse; German: Rostkehl-Wassermasel; Spanish: Mirlo de Agua Gorjirufo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
5.6–6 in (14–15 cm); weight, no data. Plumage uniformly graybrown above and below, with contrasting orange-brown throat and upper chest. Inner webs of primaries partially white, giving a white flash on open wing.
DISTRIBUTION
Very restricted range in northern Argentina (Salta, Jujuy, Catamarca, and Tucumбn) and extreme southern Bolivia (Tarija). Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
TAXONOMY
Luscinia megarhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1831.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Common nightingale; French: Rossignol philomиle; German: Nachtigall; Spanish: Ruiseсor Comъn.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
6.5 in (16.5 cm); male 0.6–0.8 oz (17–23 g); female 0.6–0.85 oz (17–24 g). Brown upperparts, gray-buff underparts (throat paler), rusty-red rump and tail.
DISTRIBUTION
Breeds southeast England eastwards through central and southern Europe, into central Asia; locally North Africa. Winters in Africa south of Sahara.
HABITAT
Low, dense thickets, woodland, bushes beside heaths. In winter, bushy, dry savanna.
BEHAVIOR
Skulking, feeds on or near ground, sings from hidden perch, sometimes more open on bush or tree; territorial, solitary.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Eats beetles, ants, other invertebrates, some berries in summer; insectivorous in winter.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Monogamous; nest on or near ground. Lays four to five eggs April–June, incubation 13 days, fledging 11 days; one or two broods.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened, though declining in north and west of range, secure in south and east.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
Exceptional song greatly revered but actually less well known than may be suspected; frequent allusions in literature, poetry and music.

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