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Brown Creeper
Photos by Bruce
Dayton
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ORDER:
Passeriformes
FAMILY: Certhiidae (Creepers - 1 Species)
SPECIES:
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
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The Brown Creeper spirals up the trunk of a tree using their long tail for support, probing into bark crevices with their narrow, curved bills searching for insects. After a Creeper gets to the top of a tree, it flies down to the bottom of the next tree to start over. They use a camouflage pattern when pursued: land on tree trunk, flatten, spread wings and remain motionless. (See Illustration below) |
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SIZE |
Small (5-6”) slender, brown bird. |
| DESCRIPTION | The
Brown Creeper has
a mottled brownish back that blends in well with tree bark. It has a
white breast and belly with a white line above the eye. It has a
red-brown rump and a long and stiff tail. The Brown Creeper's bill is
thin and curved.
Sexes are similar, but male is slightly larger and his bill is slightly larger |
| NESTING | Clutch size ranges from 5-7 eggs, which are incubated in 14 to 16 days. Nests are sometimes built in tree cavities, but usually they are tucked behind bark that has separated from the trunk. |
| RANGE | They Breed from Alaska across Canada and southward to the northeastern states. They Spend winters in Florida and along the Gulf coast. |
| HABITAT | Brown Creepers habitat mature, moist, deciduous or mixed (coniferous and deciduous trees) wood lots. |
| DIET | Brown Creepers eat tiny insects, their eggs and larvae, moths, caterpillars, small wasps, and plant lice. They eat some seeds and will come to suet feeders. |
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Woods Bird Sanctuary Tompkins County, New York |
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The
Brown Creeper uses a camouflage pattern when pursued. They land on tree
trunk or near a tree, flatten, spread wings
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| Brown
Creeper Drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes |
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| INTERESTING FACTS |
| Aviary |
| An aviary is an enclosure for confining birds that allow birds a larger living space in which to fly and simulate a natural environment. They are often found in zoological gardens. |
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Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Updated 10-19-2008
