tree creeper
Noun
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Any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet (synset 101591927)
is a type of: oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatussubtypes:
- american creeper, brown creeper, certhia americana - a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill
- certhia familiaris, european creeper - common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill
- tichodroma muriaria, tichodrome, wall creeper - crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
belongs to: certhiidae, family certhiidae - creeperssame as: creeper -
Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers (synset 101557089)
is a type of: tyrannid - a passerine bird of the suborder Tyrannibelongs to: dendrocolaptidae, family dendrocolaptidae - woodhewers or woodcreepers
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