---
title: "Wallcreeper"
description: "Tichodroma muraria — Uccelli. The wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) is a small passerine bird found throughout the high mountains of the Palearctic from southern Europe to central China."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/wallcreeper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wallcreeper

> Tichodroma muraria — Uccelli. The wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) is a small passerine bird found throughout the high mountains of the Palearctic from southern Europe to central China.

- Scientific name: *Tichodroma muraria*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2260
- Wikidata: [Q167230](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167230)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14840](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14840)

## Names

- en: Wallcreeper
- de: Mauerläufer
- es: Treparriscos
- fr: Tichodrome échelette
- nl: Rotskruiper
- pt: Trepadeira-dos-muros
- pl: Pomurnik

## Countries with the most observations

FR (424), IT (278), ES (153), IN (111), RU (110), CN (102), CH (90), AT (85), KZ (54), GE (52), DE (51), BT (30)

## Summary

The wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) is a small passerine bird found throughout the high mountains of the Palearctic from southern Europe to central China. It is the only extant member of both the genus Tichodroma and the family Tichodromidae.

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

## Photo

![Wallcreeper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wallcreeper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200630554

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wallcreeper?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).