Talk:White-bellied cinclodes
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Chiswick Chap in topic Cinclodes from Cinclus, the dipper
A fact from White-bellied cinclodes appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 February 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Cinclodes from Cinclus, the dipper
editI guess that Cinclodes means dipper-like, from Cinclus, the dipper. Cornell University's Neotropical Birds says suggestively that "the food of the White-winged Cinclodes may be aquatic insect larvae; ecologically a way to think of this species is like high elevation dipper (Cinclus sp.)." This sourced fact might be useful in the article. It would be nice to know if this resemblance is also the etymology, as seems very likely. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:54, 15 February 2016 (UTC)