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Brown Creeper
Certhia americana Bonaparte, 1838
Certhiidae — Treecreepers
Brown Creeper, Certhia americana, is a bird of North America and Middle America, where it breeds widely. It belongs to the treecreeper family Certhiidae and was described by Bonaparte in 1838. The species is the only member of its family found in North America. It is also known as the American treecreeper. Its breeding habitat is mature forest, especially coniferous woodland, and it is associated with large trees and bark furrows that hold invertebrates.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Certhiidae — Treecreepers
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: widespread
