#1010 · 🐦 birds
Wallcreeper
🇳🇱 Rotskruiper ·Tichodroma muraria
📍 Innsbruck-Land, Österreich
📍 Provincia di Sondrio, Italia
📍 Pampilhosa da Serra, 3320, Portugal
📍 Mzcheta-Mtianeti, Georgien
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Koray Öğreten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © markus lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © seasav · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © David Blank · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. Innsbruck-Land, Österreich:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Provincia di Sondrio, Italia:© aep-prina · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Pampilhosa da Serra, 3320, Portugal:© Jose Neto · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Mzcheta-Mtianeti, Georgien:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The wallcreeper ( Tichodroma muraria ) is a small passerine bird found throughout the high mountains of the Palearctic from southern Europe to central China. It is the only extant member of both the genus Tichodroma and the family Tichodromidae .
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 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,303 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Wallcreeper
- Nederlands
- Rotskruiper
- scientific name
- Tichodroma muraria
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Tichodromidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 1,384
- sightings worldwide
- 2,303
- GBIF records in NL
- 719
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 14840, Wikidata Q167230, GBIF 2484918, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.