#0610 · 🐦 birds
Short-toed Treecreeper
🇳🇱 Boomkruiper ·Certhia brachydactyla
📍 Nijmegen-Midden, Nijmegen, Niederlande
📍 2931 Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland
📍 6414 Heerlen, Niederlande
📍 1075 Amsterdam, Netherlands
📍 Kerkelanden, Hilversum, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ina Siebert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Luigi Andena · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Daniel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © naturpel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © QuestaGame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. Nijmegen-Midden, Nijmegen, Niederlande:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 2931 Krimpen aan de Lek, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. 6414 Heerlen, Niederlande:© Peter Bönnen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 1075 Amsterdam, Netherlands:© Carman Chew · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Kerkelanden, Hilversum, Netherlands:© Corrie du Toit · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 669 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 19,311 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 8 g.
- Scientifically named by Christian Ludwig Brehm in 1820 (206 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Nederlands
- Boomkruiper
- scientific name
- Certhia brachydactyla
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Certhiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 669
- sightings in Europe
- 12,748
- sightings worldwide
- 19,311
- GBIF records in NL
- 597,574
- weight
- 8.4 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1820 by Christian Ludwig Brehm
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Certhiidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 7462, Wikidata Q125895, GBIF 7806848, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.