LITTLE CREEPER

LITTLE CREEPER

“BROWN CREEPER”

The Brown Creeper is a small song bird and one that is well-camouflaged in the woodlands where it thrives. It can be seen in coniferous and mixed coniferous-deciduous forests. It creeps along tree trunks, spiraling upward, picking invertebrates from the bark with its long curved and pointed bill. It consumes insects, spiders, and other invertebrates. It will also consume small quantities of seeds. It has a long thin down curved bill and a long tail that it uses a prop as it creeps up and around tree trunks. The Brown Creeper’s song is a musical phrase of four to nine high clear notes, varying by region and from individual to individual. Call a very high-pitched “seee.”

Size: 12-14 cm (5-6 in)
Wingspan: 17-20 cm (7-8 in)
Weight: 5-10 g (0.18-0.35 ounces)
Sexes look alike, but male slightly larger and with slightly longer bill.

Immature birds are similar to the adult, but with light spotting on underparts and duller upper parts.

Summer Range

Breeds in the forests of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, from northern Virginia to Newfoundland, and westward across much of central Canada. Also breeds throughout the mountains and coastal regions of the United States and Canada, from southern Alaska to Mexico and Central America.

Winter Range

Found year-round in most of its breeding range, except a belt of boreal forest across Canada, which it occupies only during summer. Winters throughout the United States, including regions where it is absent in summer.

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