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Species › Birds

Short-toed Treecreeper

Certhia brachydactyla

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Certhiidae
Presence in the Strait
Resident
Abundance
abundant
Protection in Spain
Special protection (List)
In Spanish
Agateador común

Photograph: Javier Sánchez Álvarez, CC BY, vía iNaturalist

Length
13 cm
Weight
8 g
010LENGTH13 cmcentimetres

Presence in the Strait

Abundant resident in wooded areas.

Identification

Small, brown and white, with a long, decurved bill. Brown above, mottled pale buff, cryptic plumage, and below, sullied pale grey. Adapted to climbing trunks, with strong claws and long tail with stiff Sittidae Trepador Azul Trichodromadidae Treparriscos Certhiidae Agateador Común feathers that are used as a support. Moves through woodland flying from one tree to another in short flights heading for the lower part of the trunk, always climbing upwards.

Movements

Sedentary with some local dispersal, especially in October.

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Gallery

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.