Brown creeper
| Brown creeper | |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia, PA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Certhiidae |
| Genus: | Certhia |
| Species: | C. americana |
| Binomial name | |
| Certhia americana Bonaparte, 1838 | |
Breeding Year-round Nonbreeding | |
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.