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Creepers
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Length: 4.75 inches
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Small size
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Thin, decurved bill
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Bold white supercilium
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Brown upperparts with white spots
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Rusty rump
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White underparts
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Fairly long tail
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Sexes similar
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Feeds by creeping along tree trunks and branches
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Creeper is a common name for the birds of the family Certhiidae, but
it is also applied to some unrelated species that also creep about
on trees, rocks, or walls. The true creepers, however, are mostly
small (12-18 cm/4.75-7 in), with long toes and long, sharp, curved
claws. The brown creeper, Certhia familiaris, ranges over most of
the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is small (13 cm/5 in) and is
streaked with brown above and white below. It has a long, thin, decurved
bill and a stiff tail, which it uses as a prop as it spirals up tree
trunks. Names of other creepers include the Rocky Mountain, Sierra,
and California creepers. Some warblers are called creepers. |
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Part
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March
3, 2006