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| | [[Image:Spotted_Creeper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by safariranger <br />Photo taken: Kapishya Hot Springs, [[Zambia]]]] | | [[Image:Spotted_Creeper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by safariranger <br />Photo taken: Kapishya Hot Springs, [[Zambia]]]] |
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| - | Its plumage is strongly spotted and barred and it has a thin pointed down-curved bill, which it uses to extricate insects from bark; it lacks the stiff tail feathers which the true treecreepers use to support themselves on vertical trees. | + | Its plumage is strongly spotted and barred and it has a thin pointed down-curved bill, which it uses to extricate insects from bark; it lacks the stiff tail feathers which the true [[:Category:Certhia|treecreepers]] use to support themselves on vertical trees. |
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| - | Nests are tree crevices. | + | Nests in tree crevices. |
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- Salpornis spilonotus
Photo by safariranger
Photo taken: Kapishya Hot Springs,
Zambia Identification
Its plumage is strongly spotted and barred and it has a thin pointed down-curved bill, which it uses to extricate insects from bark; it lacks the stiff tail feathers which the true treecreepers use to support themselves on vertical trees.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa and northern India.
Taxonomy
Salpornis spilonotus is the only member of the subfamily Salpornithinae of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.
There are six subspecies:1
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- Central and western India
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Habitat
Open deciduous forest and woodlands and mangrove swamps.
Behaviour
Nests in tree crevices.
External Links
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