---
title: "Taigaboomkruiper"
description: "Certhia familiaris — Vogels. The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) is a small passerine bird also known in the British Isles, where it is the only living member of its genus, simply as treecreeper."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eurasian-treecreeper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Taigaboomkruiper

> Certhia familiaris — Vogels. The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) is a small passerine bird also known in the British Isles, where it is the only living member of its genus, simply as treecreeper.

- Scientific name: *Certhia familiaris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 29274
- Wikidata: [Q193593](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193593)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7450](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7450)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Treecreeper
- de: Waldbaumläufer
- es: Agateador Norteño
- fr: Grimpereau des bois
- nl: Taigaboomkruiper
- pt: Trepadeira-do-bosque
- pl: Pełzacz leśny

## Countries with the most observations

RU (14460), GB (3927), DE (1204), FI (787), UA (661), AT (484), IT (468), SE (460), FR (379), PL (372), DK (310), CZ (303)

## Summary

The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) is a small passerine bird also known in the British Isles, where it is the only living member of its genus, simply as treecreeper. It is similar to other treecreepers, and has a curved bill, patterned brown upperparts, whitish underparts, and long stiff tail feathers which help it creep up tree trunks. It can be most easily distinguished from the similar short-toed treecreeper, which shares much of its European range, by its different song.
The Eurasian treecreeper has nine or more subspecies which breed in different parts of its range in the Palearctic…

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

## Photo

![Taigaboomkruiper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-treecreeper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Charlie Farrell · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35797650

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-treecreeper?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).