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Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
Range & Recent Observations
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About the Brown Creeper
The brown creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Certhia americana
- Family
- Treecreepers
- Order
- Passeriformes
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