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 China.
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Rusty-flanked Treecreeper Certhia nipalensis
- Brown-throated Treecreeper Certhia discolor
- Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianquanensis (E)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of China