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Short-toed Treecreeper![]() Size: 12-13.5 cm Weight: 7.5-11 g |
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Photos |
Race "megarhyncha"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
Lateral view of a Short-toed Treecreeper hanging off the
bark of a tree
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, July 2014]
Lateral view of a Short-toed Treecreeper hanging off the
bark of a tree
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, December 2015]
Lateral view of a Short-toed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France, January 2021]
Lateral view of a Short-toed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, December 2015]
Lateral view of a Short-toed Treecreeper hanging off the
bark of a tree and fluttering its wings
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, May 2014]
Near-dorsal view of a Short-toed Treecreeper foraging in the
bark of a tree covered with lichen and mushrooms
(photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Taunus, Hessen, Germany, May 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a Short-toed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2014]
View onto the upperparts of a Short-toed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Barragem da Vilarica, Alfandega da Fe, Tras os Montes, Portugal,
View onto the upperparts of a Short-toed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Barragem da Vilarica, Alfandega da Fe, Tras os Montes, Portugal,
November 2019]
View onto the upperparts of a Short-toed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, February 2014]
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)
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Behaviour |
Short-toed Treecreeper working its way up a lichen-covered tree
trunk, head up
(photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Taunus, Hessen, Germany, May 2020]
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Food, Diet |
Lateral view of a Short-toed Treecreeper hanging head-down off the
bark of a tree, with its prey
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, May 2014]
Lateral view of a Short-toed Treecreeper with its prey
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Mora, Evora, Portugal, December 2015]
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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.
strecrp_jp_20200318.m4a |
megarhyncha (Portugal) |
Contact call? | © JP | |
strecrp_jp_20200218.m4a |
megarhyncha (Portugal) |
Contact calls? (+ Common Chaffinch) |
© JP | |
strecrp_jp_20190704.m4a |
megarhyncha (Portugal) |
Territorial call? | © JP |
More Short-toed Treecreeper sound recordings are available at
xeno-canto.org
.