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Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactyla
Distribution
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Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Certhiidae
- Size
- 12–13 cm (length)
- Weight
- 7.5–11 g
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Lifespan
- 2–3 yrs
- Habitat
- Deciduous woodland, Parks, Orchards
About
The short-toed treecreeper is a small passerine bird found in woodlands through much of the warmer regions of Europe and into north Africa. It has a generally more southerly distribution than the other European treecreeper species, the common treecreeper, with which it is easily confused where they both occur. The short-toed treecreeper tends to prefer deciduous trees and lower altitudes than its relative in these overlap areas.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.