Birds of India - Treecreepers

Treecreepers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Certhiidae

Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees. There are 6 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in India.

• Himalayan Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
• Nepal Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
• Sikkim Treecreeper or Brown-throated Treecreeper, Certhia discolor
• Manipur Treecreeper, Certhia manipurensis
• Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus