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title: "Brown Creeper"
description: "Certhia americana — Birds. The brown creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-creeper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Creeper

> Certhia americana — Birds. The brown creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.

- Scientific name: *Certhia americana*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 40229
- Wikidata: [Q490294](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490294)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7458](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7458)

## Names

- en: Brown Creeper
- de: Anden-Baumläufer
- es: Trepadorcito Americano
- fr: Grimpereau brun
- nl: Amerikaanse boomkruiper
- pt: Trepadeira-americana
- pl: Pełzacz amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (26739), CA (9243), MX (870), HN (28), GT (11), SV (5)

## Summary

The brown creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_creeper

## Photo

![Brown Creeper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-creeper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109886279

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-creeper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).