Bar-tailed Treecreeper
Certhia himalayanaVigors, NA, 1832
English (US) Bar-tailed Treecreeper
The Bar-tailed Treecreeper (Certhia himalayana) 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 himalayana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Certhia himalayana taeniura
- Certhia himalayana himalayana
- Certhia himalayana yunnanensis
- Certhia himalayana ripponi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Certhia Himalayana
- Described by
- Vigors, NA, 1832
- Type locality
- Himalayas; restricted to Garhwal or Kumaon by Meinertzhagen, 1922, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 42, p. 140.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.14 p.174
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
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Sikkim Treecreeper
Certhia discolor
Hume's Treecreeper
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