Brown Creeper

Brown Creeper on the trunk of a Ponderosa Pine tree.
A Brown Creeper climbs up a tree at Sprague Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park.

NPS / Rachel Ames

Size: 4.5-5.5”
Description: Streaked brown with a white belly and long, curved bill.
Migratory Status: Year-round residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Live in spruce-fir and other coniferous forests to 11,000 feet in summer and 9,000 feet in winter.
Diet: Forage by spiraling up tree trunks, and eat insects and larvae that they find in the bark.
 

  • Brown Creeper (song)


    Brown Creeper song recorded in Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that a Pine Siskin, a Northern Flicker and Pgymy Nuthatches can also be heard in the recording.

    Credit / Author:
    J. Job
    Date created:
    05/19/2016
    Audio Transcript

Last updated: June 11, 2018

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