List of Arizona-SW Birds (Yuma County, Arizona) - Treecreepers

Treecreepers

Order: Passeriformes Family: Certhiidae /See Treecreeper
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 world wide, and 1 North American species.

• (–L–) (SW) Brown Creeper, Certhia americana, Permanent in 1–NE, E Ariz Mtns, 2–SE Ariz Biome, Winter: not seen (Apr)May-Sep