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Brown Creeper

Certhia americana ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: CERTHIIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Distinctive in habits and morphology, the Brown Creeper is a small, well-camouflaged bird of woodlands. It creeps along tree trunks, spiraling upward, picking invertebrates from the bark with its curved and pointed bill.

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Calls

  • song, call
  • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song is a musical phrase of four to nine high clear notes, varying by region and from individual to individual. Call a very high-pitched "seee."

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