Editing Dipper (section)

==Conservation==
[[File:Cinclus schulzii Tucuman 1.jpg|thumb|The rufous-throated dipper is considered Vulnerable by the IUCN]]
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites.  They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as [[water pollution]], [[Ocean acidification|acidification]] and [[turbidity]] caused by [[erosion]].  River regulation through the creation of [[dam]]s and [[reservoir]]s, as well as [[river engineering|channelization]], can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.<ref name=Tyler1994/>

Dippers are also sometimes [[hunting|hunted]] or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons.  The [[Cyprus]] race of the white-throated dipper is extinct.  In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have [[aphrodisiac]]al properties.  In parts of [[Scotland]] and [[Germany]], until the beginning of the 20th century, [[bounty (reward)|bounties]] were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of [[salmonid]]s.<ref name=Tyler1994/>

Despite threats to local populations, the conservation status of most dipper species is considered to be of [[least concern]].  The one exception, the rufous-throated dipper, is classified as [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]] because of its small, fragmented and declining population which is threatened, especially in Argentina, by changes in river management.<ref name=iucn>{{cite web | author=BirdLife International | title=Rufous-throated Dipper ''Cinclus schulzii'' | work=[[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | publisher=[[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] | year=2017 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22708169/111053629 | access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref>