Birds · Passeriformes · Certhiidae
Certhia familiaris
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
A tiny bird with a brown back intricately mottled with black, white and cream, a reddish rump and whitish underparts. It has a long, downcurved bill and stiff tail feathers, which it uses as a prop to climb trunks in a spiral.
Weight
7 g – 13 g
Size
12 cm – 12.5 cm
Diet
Insectivore
Feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Estimated population
The European breeding population is estimated at between 10,900,000 and 19,200,000 mature individuals according to the 2021 European Red List of Birds. There are no figures for the Spanish contingent
Sources consulted: SEO/BirdLife (ficha y III Atlas de las aves en época de reproducción en España) · IUCN Red List · Asturnatura · Lista Roja Europea de Aves 2021 · MITECO - Inventario Español de Especies Terrestres · Harrap y Quinn 1996, Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers
Best time: All year round; it is resident, though in winter it moves down in altitude
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Eurasian Treecreeper — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about eurasian treecreeper.