Brown Creeper
Certhia americanaBonaparte, CLJL, 1838
English (US) Brown Creeper
The Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Certhiidae (Treecreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Certhia americana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown Creeper
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1838
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 13 subspecies for this species.
- Certhia americana alascensis
- Certhia americana occidentalis
- Certhia americana stewarti
- Certhia americana zelotes
- Certhia americana phillipsi
- Certhia americana montana
- Certhia americana leucosticta
- Certhia americana americana
- Certhia americana nigrescens
- Certhia americana albescens
- Certhia americana alticola
- Certhia americana pernigra
- Certhia americana extima
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1838
- Type locality
- eastern and northern parts of North America.
- Original description
- A geographical and comparative list of the birds of Europe and North America p.11
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Bar-tailed Treecreeper
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Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
Certhia nipalensis
Sichuan Treecreeper
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Sikkim Treecreeper
Certhia discolor
Hume's Treecreeper
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