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Eurasian Treecreeper

(Certhia familiaris)
Alternate name(s): "Common Treecreeper", "Treecreeper*"
German name(s): "Waldbaumläufer"

Size: 12.5-14 cm; wing span: 17.5-21 cm
Weight: 7-13 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Eurasian Treecreeper at Wikipedia .

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Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "familiaris"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of an Eurasian Treecreeper; this bird was caught to be ringed and released again (photo courtesy of S. Cuturilov)
[Vlasina Lake, Serbia, October 2019]

View straight onto the back of an Eurasian Treecreeper; the only diagnostic feature distinguishing it from the similar Short-toed Treecreeper is the big notch in the light-brown wing bars - click on image to see those highlighted by arrows; all other diagnostic features are hidden in this view (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[Near Ostrow Mazowiecka, Masovia, Poland, August 2016]

Direct comparison between the two species of European treecreeper: Short-toed Treecreeper, left, and Eurasian Treecreeper, right; note the "even step pattern" on the left and the gap in the "step pattern" on the right
(photos courtesy of J. Pires, left, and D. Wilczynska, right)

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

etrecrp_dw_20160529.m4a familiaris
(Poland)
Female? © DW

More Eurasian Treecreeper sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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