Listen to the short-toed treecreeper
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About the short-toed treecreeper
The short-toed treecreeper is a bird in the family Certhiidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 8 g.
What does the short-toed treecreeper sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The short-toed treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) 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. Although mainly sedentary, vagrants have occurred outside the breeding range.
Related birds in the genus Certhia
Frequently asked questions
What does a short-toed treecreeper sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the short-toed treecreeper on this page, including its song and call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the short-toed treecreeper endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the short-toed treecreeper as “least concern”.
What family does the short-toed treecreeper belong to?
The short-toed treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla) belongs to the family Certhiidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Béruges, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France by Benoît Van Hecke – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Botanical school, Jardin des Plantes, Paris… by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Tureň, Senec District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia by Alexander Kürthy – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Jardin des Plantes, Paris, Île-de-France, France by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Jardin des Plantes, Paris, Île-de-France, France by Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q125895 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Short-toed treecreeper – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Charles J. Sharp – CC BY-SA 4.0