Treecreepers (Certhiidae) - HBW 13
Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
French: Grimpereau des jardins
German: Gartenbaumläufer
Spanish: Agateador Europeo
Taxonomy: Certhia brachydactyla C. L. Brehm, 1820, Roda Valley, Thuringia, Germany.
Recent genetic evidence (cytochrome b) indicates that this species is closest to C. americana. Geographical variation slight and largely clinal, but N African race mauritanica exhibits moderately well-marked genetic and also vocal differences from European races and may merit separate species status; further study required. Nominate race and megarhynchos intergrade in C Pyrenees, W & S Spain and S Portugal. Racial affiliation of birds in Caucasus uncertain, currently included in stresemanni; similarly, those on larger Ionian Is (Greece) placed with do.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Certhia brachydactyla C. L. Brehm,1820. Roda Valley, Thuringia, Germany.
Recent genetic evidence (cytochrome b) indicates that this species is closest to C. americana. Geographical variation slight and largely clinal, but N African race mauritanica exhibits moderately well-marked genetic and also vocal differences from European races and may merit separate species status; further study required. Nominate race and megarhynchos intergrade in C Pyrenees, W & S Spain and S Portugal. Racial affiliation of birds in Caucasus uncertain, currently included in stresemanni; similarly, those on larger Ionian Is (Greece) placed with dorotheae, but further study needed. Proposed race rossocaucasica (described from Sochi-Khosta region of NW Caucasus) possibly worthy of recognition; harterti (described from NW Turkey) is considered a synonym of nominate. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Recent genetic evidence (cytochrome b) indicates that this species is closest to C. americana. Geographical variation slight and largely clinal, but N African race mauritanica exhibits moderately well-marked genetic and also vocal differences from European races and may merit separate species status; further study required. Nominate race and megarhynchos intergrade in C Pyrenees, W & S Spain and S Portugal. Racial affiliation of birds in Caucasus uncertain, currently included in stresemanni; similarly, those on larger Ionian Is (Greece) placed with dorotheae, but further study needed. Proposed race rossocaucasica (described from Sochi-Khosta region of NW Caucasus) possibly worthy of recognition; harterti (described from NW Turkey) is considered a synonym of nominate. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- megarhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1831 - Channel Is, W & N France, Belgium, Netherlands and W Germany S to NW Spain and Portugal.
- brachydactyla C. L. Brehm, 1820 - S Denmark, Poland and extreme S Lithuania S to E & SE France, Spain (except NW), C Germany, Italy, Sicily, Greece (except S), Hungary, W Ukraine, very locally Romania, and W Turkey.
- mauritanica Witherby, 1905 - Morocco (S to Moyen and Haut Atlas), Algeria (S to Atlas Saharien and Aurès range) and NW Tunisia.
- megarhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1831 - Channel Is, W & N France, Belgium, Netherlands and W Germany S to NW Spain and Portugal.
- brachydactyla C. L. Brehm, 1820 - S Denmark, Poland and extreme S Lithuania S to E & SE France, Spain (except NW), C Germany, Italy, Sicily, Greece (except S), Hungary, W Ukraine, very locally Romania, and W Turkey.
- mauritanica Witherby, 1905 - Morocco (S to Moyen and Haut Atlas), Algeria (S to Atlas Saharien and Aurès range) and NW Tunisia.
- dorotheae E. J. O. Hartert, 1904 - S Greece (and most of larger Ionian Is), Crete and Cyprus.
- stresemanni Kummerlöwe & Niethammer, 1934 - C Turkey; also foot of W Caucasus on Black Sea coast (E at least to NC Georgia).
- Least Concern
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A juvenile resting a little Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp brachydactyla)
Julien Rochefort 23 May 2007 2 years ago 46 sec 4.4 -
One adult with preys in its bill, and then a second one, creeping Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp brachydactyla)
Julien Rochefort 23 May 2007 2 years ago 49 sec 4.4 -
A male creeping, singing and preening Forêt de Sénart, France (ssp brachydactyla)
Julien Rochefort 2 April 2007 2 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4.3 -
A bird climbing up a trunk, singing twice Dayet Aoua, Morocco (ssp mauritanica)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2007 2 years ago 23 sec 3.9 -
Two juveniles, one behind being fed by an adult Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp brachydactyla)
Julien Rochefort 23 May 2007 2 years ago 25 sec 3.9 -
An adult bird comming to the nest for feeding the chicks, in a dead ash tree, and going away Soto del Real, Madrid, Spain (ssp brachydactyla)
Alex García 30 April 2006 2 years ago 13 sec 3.8
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. Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 13 December 2008 1 year ago 3.4 -
Adult running up a tree Rügen Island, Rügen District, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Susanne Rintelen 11 March 2010 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3 -
An adult in the hand. Valldoreix, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp megarhynchos)
Alberto Soria 18 August 1989 15 weeks ago 2.3 -
An adult in the hand. Valldoreix, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp megarhynchos)
Alberto Soria 18 August 1989 15 weeks ago 2.3
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A singing male Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands
(ssp megarhynchos )
Stuart Fisher 31 May 2002 36 weeks ago 3.5
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