The white-capped dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus) is an aquatic passerine found in South America.

It is found in the Andes from northern Bolivia, through Peru, Ecuador, Colombia to northwest Venezuela.

The white-capped dipper was described by the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1844 and given the binomial name Cinclus leucocephalus.

[3] The specific epithet leucocephalus combines the Ancient Greek leukos "white" and -kephalos "-headed".

The nominate subspecies has a white nape and crown with fine dark brown streaks.