Spotted Creeper
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| Salpornis spilonotus (Franklin, 1831) |
The Spotted Creeper, Salpornis spilonotus, is a small passerine bird, which is the only member of the subfamily Salpornithinae of the treecreeper family Certhiidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and northern India in open deciduous forest and mangrove swamps. It does not migrate other than local movements.
The Spotted Creeper is distinct from the treecreepers of the subfamily Certhiinae, in that its plumage is strongly spotted and barred.
Spotted Creeper has a thin pointed down-curved bill, which it uses to extricate insects from bark, but it lacks the stiff tail feathers which the true treecreepers use to support themselves on vertical trees.
Nests are tree crevices.
In addition to the treecreeper family, there are two other small bird families with 'treecreeper' or 'creeper' in their name - the Australian treecreepers and the Philippine creepers.
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- BirdLife International (2004). Salpornis spilonotus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 6 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
