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Preverenges, VD, Switzerland, May 2006

Certhia brachydactyla

[edit] Identification

12-13.5 cm

• Streaked brownish above
• White below
• Long stiff tail feathers
• Long curved bill

[edit] Similar Species

Very similar to Eurasian Treecreeper, best told apart by voice..

[edit] Distribution

Europe and North Africa. Breeds in the Channel Islands, Spain and France.

Vagrant to mainland Great Britain

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• C. b. megarhyncha:

• Western Europe (east to west Germany)

• C. b. brachydactyla:

• Continental Europe (east of megarhyncha)

• C. b. mauritanica:

• Morocco, Algeria and north-western Tunisia

• C. b. dorotheae:

• Cyprus

• C. b. harterti:

• Asia Minor and the Caucasus Mountains

[edit] Habitat

Parks, gardens, woods - anywhere there are trees.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It nests in tree crevices or behind the bark. The clutch consists of up to 6 eggs.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects and spiders.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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