Brown creeper Certhia americana

Identification Tips:

• Length: 4.75 inches
• Small size
• Thin, decurved bill
• Bold white supercilium
• Brown upperparts with white spots
• Rusty rump
• White underparts
• Fairly long tail
• Sexes similar
• Feeds by creeping along tree trunks and branches

Similar species:

The Brown Creeper is the only small brown bird that forages in such a unique manner-it creeps along trunks and branches like a woodpecker. It blends in quite well and can be difficult to see.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.