Bar-tailed Treecreeper

Certhia himalayana Vigors, 1832

≈14 cmLength8.8 gWeight

Its spotted or striped feathers, often in black, brown, white and red tones, blend into the forest.

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, China, Myanmar (Burma)

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Spotted or striped feathers, often black, brown, white and red

Where and when it's recorded

Bar-tailed Treecreeper has been recorded at 99 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 7 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

SattalIndia965 records
PangotIndia522 records
Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia512 records

More places

Forest Research Institute (FRI), New Forest CampusIndia155 records
Zixi Mountain PNRChina99 records
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) – Nature Trail & LakeIndia94 records
[Dushanbe Botanical Garden]Tajikistan72 records
Corbett NPIndia65 records
Munsyari – Bheema WodeyarIndia59 records
Mount VictoriaMyanmar (Burma)58 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India China Myanmar (Burma)Tajikistan Pakistan Uzbekistan Nepal

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana), or the Himalayan treecreeper, is a species of bird in the family Certhiidae. It is found primarily in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in the Himalayas, as well as in adjoining regions. It is found in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

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