Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaBrehm, CL, 1820
English (US) Short-toed Treecreeper
The Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) 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 brachydactyla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Described by
- Brehm, CL, 1820
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Certhia brachydactyla megarhynchos
- Certhia brachydactyla brachydactyla
- Certhia brachydactyla mauritanica
- Certhia brachydactyla dorotheae
- Certhia brachydactyla rossocaucasica
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Brehm, CL, 1820
- Type locality
- Roda Valley, Thuringia, Germany.
- Original description
- Beiträge zur Vögelkunde in vollständigen Beschreibungen mehrerer neu Entdeckter und vieler seltener, oder nicht gehörig beobachteter deutscher Vögel 1 p.570, 579
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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