Bar-tailed Treecreeper - BirdForum Opus

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Certhia himalayana

Photo by kabeer
Location: Landour, Mussoorie, India, September, 2009

Identification

Dark barring on tail, white throat, and dull whitish or dirty greyish-buff underparts.

Distribution

Asia:
Asia: Russia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Burma

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 4 subspecies.

• C. h. taeniura:

• Central Asia and Afghanistan (north of the Hindu Kush)

• C. h. himalayana:

• Eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan and Himalayas (east to central Nepal)

• C. h. yunnanensis:

• South-western China and adjacent Burma

• C. h. ripponi:

• Western Burma (Mount Victoria)

Habitat

Boreal and temperate forests. Also well wooded areas in winter.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-tailed Treecreeper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-tailed_Treecreeper

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