Spotted Creeper

The Spotted Creeper has strongly spotted and barred plumage, clearly different from the treecreepers of the subfamily Certhiinae. It weighs up to 16 grams, twice as much as treecreepers of similar length .

The Spotted Creeper is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Spotted Creeper, Salpornis spilonotus, is a small passerine bird, which is the only member of the subfamily Salpornithinae of the treecreeper family Certhiidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and northern India in open deciduous forest and mangrove swamps. It does not migrate other than local movements. The Spotted Creeper has strongly spotted and barred plumage, clearly different from the treecreepers of the subfamily Certhiinae. More

The Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus (Salpornithinae), which is found in India and Africa. The typical treecreepers are all very similar in appearance, and can present serious identification problems where two species occur together. They do not migrate other than for local movements. The treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. More

Distribution of Spotted creeper in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). Food It eats arthropods taken from crevices in the bark of trees, working its way from the base up the trunk in a spiral-like movement and often joining mixed-species foraging flocks. More

Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonotus) = French: Grimpereau tacheté German: Stammsteiger Spanish: Agateador Moteado Other common names: Spotted Treecreeper, Spotted Grey Creeper Taxonomy: Certhia spilonota Franklin, 1831, between Calcutta and Benares, India. Has been placed in Sittidae or treated as a monospecific family, Salpornithidae, mainly due to lack of stiffened tail feathers. Data derived from DNA-DNA hybridization indicate present genus is closest relative of Certhia. More

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* The Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus (Salpornithinae), which is found in India and Africa. More

Spotted Creeper - Salpornis spilonotus Grimpereau tacheté = Grimpereau tacheté The Birds of South America: The Suboscine Passerines Gallery : © John Gould Site web : www.oiseaux.net Order : Passériformes Family : Certhiidae Species : Spotted Creeper Reference: jogo40174 Other pictures Copy forbidden without prior authorization. More

Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonotus) is a local resident in northern and central India. More

Spotted Creeper Canon 7D 600mm focal length 1/200 sec exposure F5.6 ISO 400 March 2010 Gosho Park, Zimbabwe Adult Spotted Creeper Canon 7D 600mm focal length 1/200 sec exposure F5. More

spotted creepers (Salpornis spilonotus) of India and Africa. Physical characteristics Size, coloration, and markings allow creepers to blend almost flawlessly with their preferred habitat, the rough brown bark of trees. Treecreepers are small, about 5–6 inches (12–15 cm) in length, and have a long, thin, curved bill, a slender tail, and streamlined, teardrop-shaped bodies. The twelve stiff, pointed tail feathers have shafts that project beyond the vanes. More

The 13-cm (5-inch) spotted creeper (Salpornis spilonotus) of Africa and India is usually placed in the family Certhiidae, but its relationships are obscure. The Philippine creepers of the genus Rhabdornis have brush-tipped tongues and often visit flowers. They are sometimes placed in their own family, Rhabdornithidae, but this designation is not accepted in all classifications. Others relegate the genus to the families Timaliidae or Certhiidae. More

Although the Spotted creeper is included in the Holarctic tree creepers it lacks the modified tail of the main genus Cathie and differs markedly from all other treecreepersin its nest, which is built on a horizontal branch usually in a fork. It is beautifully camouflaged, being decorated externally with spiders’ eggs bags, lichen and caterpillar frays (excrement). These peculiarity sag-gests that it may have closer relatives another no climbing families. More

specialized tails to help them climb, but spotted creepers, which hold their tails away from the trunk, do not. The legs of treecreepers appear disproportionately short, but this very functional design, along with long toes and claws, enables them to cling closely to the side of trees as they search for food. Plumage variation among species can be subtle and confusing. The cryptic upperparts are mostly shades of brown with streaks or streaky spots of black, gray, buff, and white. More

Holarctic tree-creepers, the Spotted Creeper (Salpornis) of Africa and India, and the Philippine creepers (Rhabdornis). It is now known that they are not related to any of these birds; their tree-climbing behavior is an example of convergent evolution. They have a distinctive syndactylous foot structure, in which the "anterior digits 2 and 3 are bound together by a membrane to the end of the 1st phalanx on digit 2, and digits 3 and 4 are joined to the base of the 3rd phalanx on digit. More

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