Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla [CL Brehm, 1820] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Certhiidae |
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BTO Codes:
TH, SHTTR
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EURING No: 14870 | |
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Number in Britain:
0 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
undetermined recorded in Britain (of 6 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
12 cm
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Wingspan: 19 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 10 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kerthios=small tree-dwelling bird described by Aristotle and others and Gr.: brakhus=short + dactulos=finger |
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World Distribution:
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Europe (except n) |
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Habitat:
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Woodland , towns |
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Diet:
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Insects and spiders, from crevices in trunk, feeds going up tree |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Kent, 1969
(Scott, R.E. 1976. British Birds 69:508-509)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
24
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1970),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Essex
(2005),
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South-east England:
Kent
(2005),
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South-west England:
Dorset
(1979),
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Wales:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Dringwr Bach Bodiau-cwta |
| Danish: Korttået træløber | Dutch: Boomkruiper |
| Finnish: Etelänpuukiipijä | French: Grimpereau des jardins |
| German: Gartenbaumläufer | Hungarian: Rövidkarmú fakusz |
| Icelandic: Garðfeti | Irish: |
| Italian: Rampichino | Norwegian: Kortklotrekryper |
| Polish: Pelzacz ogrodowy | Portuguese: Trepadeira-comum |
| Spanish: Agateador común | Swedish: Trädgårdskrypare |
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