Certhia

E673381
genus taxon

Certhia is a genus of small, tree-climbing passerine birds commonly known as treecreepers, found across Eurasia and characterized by their slender downcurved bills and habit of spiraling up tree trunks in search of insects.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Certhia canonical 2
Certhia familiaris 2
Certhia americana 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsTo subfamily Certhiinae NERFINISHED ⓘ
billShape downcurved ⓘ
slender ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
characterizedBy habit of spiraling up tree trunks ⓘ
slender downcurved bills ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName treecreepers ⓘ
describedAs small passerine birds ⓘ
tree-climbing birds ⓘ
distribution Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecologicalNiche bark-foraging insectivore ⓘ
family Certhiidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
feedingBehavior searching for insects on tree trunks ⓘ
feedingHabit insectivorous ⓘ
foragingSubstrate tree bark ⓘ
foundInBiome montane forests ⓘ
temperate forests ⓘ
habitat forests ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
includesSpecies Certhia americana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Certhia brachydactyla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Certhia discolor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Certhia familiaris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Certhia himalayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Certhia hodgsoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Certhia nipalensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Certhia tianquanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion arboreal ⓘ
movementStyle creeping up tree trunks ⓘ
nativeRange Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
parentTaxon Certhiidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Certhia familiaris NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalBehavior spiraling upwards around trunks ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Certhiidae → containsGenus → Certhia ⓘ
Certhiidae → typeGenus → Certhia ⓘ
Certhiidae → hasRepresentativeSpecies → Certhia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Certhia familiaris
Certhiidae → hasRepresentativeSpecies → Certhia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Certhia brachydactyla
Certhiidae → hasRepresentativeSpecies → Certhia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Certhia americana
Certhioidea → hasMember → Certhia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Certhia familiaris