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Bird call
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) call
A very high, thin seee, and a short, sweet song of high notes: trees, trees, beautiful trees.
Listen to the Brown Creeper call
A field recording of the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) by Steve Taylor, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Brown Creeper in forest and woodland habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Brown Creeper
These birds belong to the treecreeper family, like the Brown Creeper, so their calls can sound alike.
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White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
Piercing, evenly-spaced piping notes up a trunk.
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Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus
Loud, sharp, repeated 'peet-peet-peet' from a bird spiralling up a trunk.
Questions
Questions about the Brown Creeper
What does the Brown Creeper sound like?
A very high, thin seee, and a short, sweet song of high notes: trees, trees, beautiful trees. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Brown Creeper?
White-throated Treecreeper and Rufous Treecreeper sound similar.
Where can I hear the Brown Creeper?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of the Pacific Northwest course.
How can I learn the Brown Creeper call?
In SongLark's Birds of the Pacific Northwest course, it comes in Level 3: Douglas-fir Forest. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
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SongLark teaches the Brown Creeper in its Birds of the Pacific Northwest course. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.
- In Birds of the Pacific Northwest, the Brown Creeper comes in Level 3: Douglas-fir Forest. That Level is about moss, ferns and tall conifers from the Cascades to the coast.
Learn it with these birds in Level 3 of Birds of the Pacific Northwest
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Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
A tiny bird with a huge voice: a long, tumbling cascade of high, tinkling trills from the mossy forest floor.
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Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
One long, eerie, buzzy whistle on a single pitch, then a pause and another on a different note.
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
A fast, hoarse tsick-a-zee-zee, buzzier and higher than other chickadees.
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Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Very high, thin see-see-see notes, often in threes, from flocks moving through the conifers.
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
A dry scolding je-dit; astonishingly loud tumbling song for the size of the bird.
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Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
A loud, wild, ringing wuk-wuk-wuk-wuk that rises and falls, and slow, deep drumming.
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Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
A deep, owl-like, two-part whoo-hoo, slow and soft, from the forest canopy.
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Common Raven Corvus corax
A deep, hoarse, croaking gronk, much lower than a crow, plus knocks and bell-like notes.
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