Brown
Creeper

Brown Creeper

The Brown Creeper is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family.  Adults are brown on the upperparts with light spotting, resembling a piece of tree bark, with white underparts. They have a long thin bill with a slight downward curve and a long stiff tail used for support as the bird creeps upwards. The male creeper has a slightly larger bill than the female. The Brown creeper is 15 cm long.

They forage on tree trunks and branches, typically spiraling upwards from the bottom of a tree trunk, and then flying down to the bottom of another tree. They creep slowly with their body flattened against the bark, probing with their beak for insects. They will rarely feed on the ground. They mainly eat small arthropods found in the bark, but sometimes they will eat seeds in winter.

American Tree Creeper

Regional Names

• French:
  Grimpereau brun
• Spanish:
  agateador americano, ortecerito, trepadorcito café y trepador americano

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