Certhia manipurensis
Hume's Treecreeper, *Certhia manipurensis*, is a small, cryptically plumaged songbird belonging to the family Certhiidae, characterized by its specialized arboreal lifestyle. Measuring approximately 12.5-14 cm in length and weighing 7-10 grams, this species exhibits a typical treecreeper morphology: a slender, decurved bill, streaked brown upperparts, a prominent whitish supercilium, and pale, often buffy-white underparts, with a distinctive rufous rump. Its stiff, pointed tail feathers provi...
This species primarily inhabits high-altitude evergreen and mixed montane forests, typically found between 1,500 and 3,500 meters, favoring areas with mature trees and ample bark crevices.
Its diet consists almost exclusively of small invertebrates, primarily insects (beetles, ants, larvae) and spiders, which it extracts from bark fissures.
Hume's Treecreeper is a diurnal species, spending most of its day meticulously foraging. It employs a distinctive foraging strategy, spiraling upwards on tree trunks and larger branches, meticulously gleaning insects and spiders from bark crevices with its fine, decurved bill, then flying to the ...
Hume's Treecreeper is a resident species distributed across the high-altitude regions of Southeast Asia. Its breeding and year-round range encompasses parts of Northeast India, specifically in states like Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh. It extends eastward through Myanmar (Kachin, Shan,...
Least Concern
- Hume's Treecreeper possesses specialized zygodactyl feet (two toes forward, two backward) and stiff, pointed tail feathers that act as a prop, allowing it to climb vertically with remarkable agility. - Despite its common name, it was once considered a subspecies of the Eurasian Treecreeper and ...