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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kirk Roth" data-source="post: 3544604" data-attributes="member: 85015">"Nearctic (or Northern? or Brown?) Treecreeper" would also have the benefit of separating the bird from North America's other creeper, the Black and White Creeper.<a href="https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/birdwire-features/black-and-white-creeper.php" target="_blank">https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/birdwire-features/black-and-white-creeper.php</a>A fun quote from Alexander Wilson in 1811: "It was first figured by Edwards from a dried skin sent him by Mr. William Bartram, who gave it its present name. Succeeding naturalists have classed it with the warblers; a mistake which I have endeavored to rectify."More seriously though, if the name is to change anyway and all the stability arguments go away, I don't see a good reason not to align with the European Certhia treatment.Incidentally, I'd always heard birders refer to the southern populations as "Mexican Creeper," so it surprises me a bit that it didn't come up in the proposal.  Northern Treecreeper and Mexican Treecreeper.  There, I've made everyone happy.Unless you think we should insert hyphens....</blockquote>