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Short-toed Treecreeper

Certhia brachydactyla

The Short-toed Treecreeper is a small bird that loves to climb trees. It has a special curved beak that helps it find tasty insects hiding in the bark.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Short-toed Treecreeper has brown upperparts beautifully streaked with buff and white, resembling tree bark. Its underside is a duller, 'dirty' white, and it features a prominent white eyebrow stripe. It also possesses a long, slender, downcurved bill.

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Short-toed Treecreeper
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Short-toed Treecreeper

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Its high-pitched song can sound like a whispering, musical trill!

They often sleep huddled together in tree crevices to keep warm.

This bird nests inside tree holes, sometimes using spider silk to line it!

This tiny bird uses its stiff tail like a third leg for climbing trees!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Bark Scuttler

Short-toed Treecreeper can spiral gracefully up tree trunks because of its unique foot structure and stiff tail feathers that help them cling and prop.

Fähigkeit

Crevice Hunter

Short-toed Treecreeper has a long, downcurved bill that helps them probe deep into bark crevices to extract hidden insects and spiders.

Fähigkeit

Nature's Camo

Short-toed Treecreeper has streaky brown plumage that helps them blend perfectly with tree bark, making them incredibly hard to spot.

Maße und Details

Länge
12-13.5 cm
Flügelspannweite
17-21 cm
Gewicht
0.007-0.012 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-5 Jahre
Top Speed
35 km/h
Gelegegröße
4-7
Brutzeit
13-15 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

This bird loves to eat tiny insects and spiders it finds hiding in tree bark.

Hauptnahrung

  • beetle larvae
  • spiders
  • ants
  • moths
  • woodlice
  • aphids

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

An nocturnal predator that hunts this small bird.

eaten by

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

A swift raptor known to hunt small forest birds.

eats

Elm Bark Beetle

Scolytus scolytus

Consumes these beetles and their larvae from bark.

depends on

Common Oak

Quercus robur

Relies on oak trees for foraging habitat and nesting spots.

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Short-toed Treecreeper?

12-13.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Short-toed Treecreeper?

17-21 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Short-toed Treecreeper?

0.007-0.012 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Short-toed Treecreeper?

2-5 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Short-toed Treecreeper?

35 km/h

Was frisst Short-toed Treecreeper?

This bird loves to eat tiny insects and spiders it finds hiding in tree bark.

Wo findet man Short-toed Treecreeper normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Short-toed Treecreeper?

Foraging

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