Brown Creeper

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

  Transcript due 4/1/2025