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title: "Pluszcz białogłowy"
description: "Cinclus leucocephalus — Ptaki. The white-capped dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus) is a semiaquatic passerine bird of South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/white-capped-dipper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pluszcz białogłowy

> Cinclus leucocephalus — Ptaki. The white-capped dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus) is a semiaquatic passerine bird of South America.

- Scientific name: *Cinclus leucocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 1294
- Wikidata: [Q372465](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372465)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7646](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7646)

## Names

- en: White-capped Dipper
- de: Weißkopf-Wasseramsel
- es: Mirlo acuático coroniblanco
- fr: Cincle à tête blanche
- pl: Pluszcz białogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

CO (529), EC (470), PE (203), BO (35)

## Summary

The white-capped dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus) is a semiaquatic passerine bird of South America. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-capped_dipper

## Photo

![Pluszcz białogłowy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-capped-dipper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mirko Schoenitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199202009

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-capped-dipper?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).