Brown Creeper

Certhia americanaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Creeper (Certhiidae)

Codes: Common Name: BRCR Scientific Name: CERAME ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178803

Breeding Location:

Mountains, Marshes, freshwater, Swamps

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common

Egg Color:

White with red brown flecks

Number of Eggs:

4 - 8

Incubation Days:

13 - 17

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Twigs, moss, conifer needles, silk, lined with shredded bark and feathers.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Brown Creeper: Small, tree-clinging bird with brown-streaked upperparts and white underparts. White line over eye and long, decurved bill are conspicuous. Sexes are similar. Uses stiff tail for support when climbing.

Range and Habitat

Brown Creeper: Breeds from Alaska to Newfoundland and southward to the western and northern U.S. Spends winters in breeding range and south to the Gulf coast and Florida. Preferred habitats include deciduous and mixed woodlands.

Breeding and Nesting

Brown Creeper: Four to eight white eggs, lightly speckled with red brown, are laid in a cup of shredded bark, feathers, sticks, and moss, usually built against a tree trunk behind a peeling slab of bark. Incubation ranges from 13 to 17 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Brown Creeper: Diet consists of various insects, seeds, and some nuts; also come to feeders for suet. Usually forages by creeping along trunks and branches like a woodpecker.

Readily Eats

Cracked Corn, Sunflower Seed, Nuts

Vocalization

Brown Creeper: Call is a high-pitched, lisping "tsee", while the song is a tinkling, descending warble.

Similar Species

Brown Creeper: None in range.

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Brown Creeper

Brown Creeper: Small, tree-clinging bird with brown-streaked upperparts and white underparts. White line over eye and long, decurved bill are conspicuous. Legs and feet are pink-buff. Feeds on insects, larvae, nuts and seeds. Strong direct flights of short duration on rapid and shallow wing beats.

● Song: "see-see-titi-see", "tsee"

● Foraging & Feeding: Brown Creeper: Diet consists of various insects, seeds, and some nuts; also come to feeders for suet. Usually forages by creeping along trunks and branches like a woodpecker.

● Breeding & nesting: Brown Creeper: Four to eight white eggs, lightly speckled with red brown, are laid in a cup of shredded bark, feathers, sticks, and moss, usually built against a tree trunk behind a peeling slab of bark. Incubation ranges from 13 to 17 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Brown Creeper: None in range.

Flight Pattern

Strong direct flight of short duration.

● Range & Habitat: Brown Creeper: Breeds from Alaska to Newfoundland and southward to the western and northern U.S. Spends winters in breeding range and south to the Gulf coast and Florida. Preferred habitats include deciduous and mixed woodlands.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationFairly common

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.3 Ounces

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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General

Range and Habitat

Breeding and Nesting

Foraging and Feeding

Readily Eats

Vocalization

Similar Species

Brown Creeper

Flight Pattern