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Sichuan Treecreeper

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Certhia tianquanensis
Photo by china guyChengdu, Sichuan China
Photo by china guy
Chengdu, Sichuan China

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[edit] Identification

12 cm

  • Long-tail
  • Short-bill
  • White chin and throat
  • Rest of underparts brown

[edit] Distribution

Asia
Mountains of western China (Sichuan Province)

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Eurasian Treecreeper by some authors[2]

[edit] Habitat

Bamboo understory.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes invertebrates.

[edit] Vocalisation


Listen in an external program
Recording by china guy, Sichuan, June 2011

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase
  3. BirdLife International

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