Brown Creeper Photo Gallery
Adult
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.
© Scott Martin / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, March 05, 2019Adult
Tiny with a long tail and a sharp, curved bill. Its cryptically colored back helps it blend in with the trees.
© Scott Martin / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, February 03, 2017Adult
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.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryArkansas, July 28, 2004Not all videos have soundAdult
Spirals up trees moving with short, jerky motions using their stiff tails for support.
© Scott Martin / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, January 06, 2017Adult
Found primarily in mature evergreen or mixed evergreen-deciduous forests during the breeding season.
© David Badke / Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, March 25, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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