Wallcreeper

Wallcreeper

Tichodroma muraria

Introduction

A bird of high montane rock faces in summer, this unobtrusive bird moves to lower altitudes in winter where it can be found searching the walls of tall buildings for invertebrates.

With a breeding distribution that extends from Portugal and Spain east to China, Wallcreeper is regarded as being an altitudinal migrant, but one that occasionally moves well beyond its core range.

The small number of British records have mostly come from southern England.

Key Stats

Status
Very rare
Very rare
Weight
Weight
17.5g
BTO Records
BTO Records
12 records
Population and distribution stats for:

Movement

Information about Wallcreeper movements and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

Britain & Ireland movement

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report

European movements

EuroBirdPortal uses birdwatcher's records, such as those logged in BirdTrack to map the flows of birds as they arrive and depart Europe. See maps for this species here.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information for Wallcreeper, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

Survival and Longevity

Survival is shown as the proportion of birds surviving from one year to the next and is derived from bird ringing data. It can also be used to estimate how long birds typically live.

Classification, names and codes

Taxonomy, names and species codes for Wallcreeper

Classification and Codes

  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Tichodromidae
  • Scientific name: Tichodroma muraria
  • Authority: Linnaeus, 1766
  • BTO 5-letter code: WALLC
  • Euring code number: 14820

Alternate species names

  • Catalan: pela-roques
  • Czech: zednícek skalní
  • Danish: Murløber
  • Dutch: Rotskruiper
  • Estonian: kaljuklutt
  • Finnish: kalliokiipijä
  • French: Tichodrome échelette
  • German: Mauerläufer
  • Hungarian: hajnalmadár
  • Icelandic: Bjargfeti
  • Italian: Picchio muraiolo
  • Latvian: klinšu ložna
  • Lithuanian: lipikas
  • Norwegian: Murkryper
  • Polish: pomurnik
  • Portuguese: trepa-fragas
  • Slovak: murárik cervenokrídly
  • Slovenian: skalni plezalcek
  • Spanish: Treparriscos
  • Swedish: murkrypare

More Evidence

More evidence from Conservation Evidence.com

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