Brown Creeper
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Certhiidae
Genus: Certhia
Species: americana
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Description
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Length: 5.25"
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Wing span: 7.75"
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Weight: 0.29oz (8.4 grams)
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Very small, well-camouflaged bird of woodlands that "creeps" up woodlands
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Brown & white streakd upperparts with whitish underparts
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Long thin slightly downcurved bill & long tail
Factoids:
- It creeps along tree trunks, spiraling upward, picking invertebrates from the bark with its slightly downcurved and pointed bill
- The Brown Creeper bears an extremely close physical resemblance to the Eurasian Treecreeper and Short-toed Treecreeper, and was at one time considered the same species as the Eurasian Treecreeper. But studies of vocalizations, including experiments in which they do not respond to each other's songs, support recognition of three separate species
- In Arizona, Brown Creeper nests often have two openings, one which serves as an entrance and the other as an exit. Entrances face downward and exits upward
- Nest consists of a base made in part out of cocoons and spider egg cases, anchored to inner surface of bark, and a cup made of fine pieces of bark, fibers, leaves, mosses, and feathers. Nest is almost always placed behind a flap of loose bark on a tree trun
All photographs and audio clips are ©Jamie Mullin 2006
Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology & The Sibley Guide to Birds.
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