Certhia familiaris, Brown Creeper



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Status: A widespread but not common resident throughout the state where it lives in summer principally in montane coniferous forests and tends to migrate to lower elevations in winter. It is a quiet bird and often solitary so that its presence may be easily overlooked.

Records: Some of the early-day naturalists naturalists considered the Brown Creeper to be rather common or even abundant. It was missed by other observers such as Allen, Merriam, and Henshaw. Numerous records and observations have been made more recently.

Subspecies: Behle has reviewed the subspecific status of the Brown Creeper in Utah. It appears that the birds of the Kane County area and presumably those of Washington County belong to C. f. leucosticta, while C. f. montana occurse elsewhere in the state.

Hayward, C., Cottam, C., Woodbury, A., Frost, A. Birds of Utah, Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, Number 1, Page 157 Brigham Young University, 1976.