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Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Jonathon Jongsma (XC121046). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| North Carolina | 56,405 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 55,198 |
| Indiana | 54,117 |
| West Virginia | 51,896 |
| Nevada | 40,434 |
| Connecticut | 33,293 |
| Tennessee | 32,156 |
| Kentucky | 30,002 |
| United States | 27,954 |
| New Mexico | 18,437 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Cactus nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in cacti.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Bamboo nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in bamboo.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Brood-parasite hostListed by a harvested source as a host of brood parasites.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Treecreepers · Certhiidae |
| Genus | Typical Treecreepers · Certhia |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Gallatin County, Montana, United States
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Brown Creeper with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.