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Common Name

Brown Creeper

Alternate Names

American Treecreeper

Common Type

Creeper

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Certhiidae

Genus

Certhia

Species

americana

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Kansas, N.J

Number of Sub-Species

Fifteen Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident in most areas but northernmost birds fly south in the winter

Preferred Habitat

Coniferous forests or mixed coniferous/deciduous forests

Distribution and Range

Primarily continental US but also southern Canada and northern Mexico, occasionall Central America

Food

Forage on tree trunks for insects by spiraling upwards from the bottom then flying down to the bottom of the next tree.

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