Tiny and delicate songbird. It has a long, spine-tipped tail, a slim body, and a slender, decurved bill. Its back is mottled brown and the underparts are white.
Tiny with a long tail and a sharp, curved bill. Its cryptically colored back helps it blend in with the trees.
Spirals up tree trunks holding its legs on either side of its body and its long, curved claws hooked into the bark. Braces itself with its stiff tail as it probes crevices for insects.
Spirals up trees moving with short, jerky motions using their stiff tails for support.
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Brown Creepers are tiny yet lanky songbirds. They have long, spine-tipped tails, slim bodies, and slender, decurved bills.
Smaller than a White-breasted Nuthatch; larger than a Golden-crowned Kinglet.
sparrow-sized or smallerBrown Creepers vary somewhat in color and voice across their range. The most noticeable is the “Mexican” Brown Creeper, which ranges into southeastern Arizona and New Mexico. It tends to be darker on the back than creepers in other parts of North America.
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