Creepers & Treecreepers
The treecreepers are a family of small passerine birds, consisting of two subfamilies: The typical treecreepers (Certhiinae) are a group of seven species found in Europe and Asia, with one representative, the Brown Creeper in North America. The Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus (Salpornithinae), which is found in India and Africa.
The typical treecreepers are all very similar in appearance, and can present serious identification problems where two species occur together.
They do not migrate other than for local movements.
The treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees. Nests are in tree crevices or behind bark.
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Sub-species:
Australasian / Australian Treecreeper
Black-tailed Treecreeper (Climacteris melanura)
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Brown Tree Creeper (Climacteris picumnus)
Common or Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Papuan Treecreeper (Cormobates placens)
Philippine Creeper (Rhabdornithidae)
Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops)
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufa)
Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
Sichuan Treecreeper (Certhia tianquanensis)
Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonotus): French Name: Grimpereau tacheté ... German Name: Stammsteiger ... Peters Family Name: Certhiidae (Salpornithinae): Spotted Creeper ... Sibley-Monroe Family Name: Certhiidae: (Certhiinae,Salpornithini): African Creeper ... Gill (2nd Ed.) Family Name: Certhiidae: Creepers
Habitat: Woodland, Brachystegia, savanna, dry deciduous, thorn forest ... Distribution: Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo / Zaire, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique
White-browed Creeper (Climacteris affinis)
White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaeus)
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