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White-throasted Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cinclidae
Presence in the Strait
Occasional
Protection in Spain
Special protection (List)
In Spanish
Mirlo acuático europeo

Photograph: Dirk-Jan van Roest, CC BY, vía iNaturalist

Length
18 cm
Weight
55–65 g
01020LENGTH18 cmcentimetres

Presence in the Strait

Occasional. There have been records since the end of the 19th Century. However it has always been rare and localised at La Miel stream (Algeciras), where a pair was seen feeding their chicks on 30.04.71; after that there is only one more record at that place of a bird on 31.08.94. There are also records of a nest at the Sequilla Mountains stream (Los Barrios) in the ‘70s, one sighting of a bird on 10.12.78 by the Hozgarganta River and another sighting in the Ojén Mountains (Tarifa) in 1991; on the 2nd. of May in that year, a pair with chicks in a nest was located near the Manilva River.

Identification

Unmistakable, stout with short tail and rounded wings. Dark grey back and dark chestnut underparts with a white breast. Low, straight flight with fast wing beats. When perches it performs bobbing movements with tail flicking downwards. Its call resembles a «sit sit sit».

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Gallery

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.