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Bar-tailed treecreeper

Certhia himalayana Vigors, 1832

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana) is a species in the family Certhiidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8.2 g to 8.93 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)
Photo: J.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bar-tailed treecreeper

Weight
8.2 g – 8.93 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4.7 – 4.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bar-tailed treecreeper live?

Not recorded

What is the bar-tailed treecreeper?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Bar-tailed treecreeper” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bar-tailed_treecreeper&oldid=1374923336), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bar-tailed treecreeper endangered?

The bar-tailed treecreeper is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the bar-tailed treecreeper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCerthiidae
  6. genusCerthia
  7. SpeciesCerthia himalayana Vigors, 1832
Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • Bar-tailed tree-creeperEnglish
  • Хималайска дърволазкаBulgarian
  • বাঁকাঠোঁট কীটকুড়ানীBangla
  • Kraperig HimalayaBreton
  • raspinell de l'HimàlaiaCatalan
  • šoupálek proužkoocasýCzech
  • dringwr HimalaiaWelsh
  • Himalaya TræløberDanish
  • HimalajabaumläuferGerman
  • Bänderschwanz-BaumläuferGerman
  • BänderschwanzbaumläuferGerman
  • Himalaja-BaumläuferGerman
  • HimalayabaumläuferGerman
  • strivosta certioEsperanto
  • Agateador del HimalayaSpanish
  • vöötsaba-porrEstonian
  • raitapyrstökiipijäFinnish
  • Grimpereau de l'HimalayaFrench
  • Grimpereau de l’HimalayaFrench
  • Snag HimiléachIrish
  • prugastorepi puzavacCroatian
  • himalájai fakúszHungarian
  • Rampichino codabarrataItalian
  • ヒマラヤキバシリJapanese
  • Тау шиқылдағыKazakh
  • himalajinis liputisLithuanian
  • svītrastes mizložņaLatvian
  • HimalayaboomkruiperDutch
  • tigertrekryperNorwegian
  • pełzacz himalajskiPolish
  • trepadeira-dos-himalaiasPortuguese
  • trepadeira-de-cauda-barradaPortuguese
  • Гималайская пищухаRussian
  • kôrovník dlhozobýSlovak
  • Himalajski puzićSerbian
  • himalayaträdkrypareSwedish
  • Bant Kuyruklu TırmaşıkkuşuTurkish
  • підкоришник гімалайськийUkrainian
  • 高山旋木雀Chinese

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Relatives of the bar-tailed treecreeper

Other species in the same genus Certhia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bar-tailed treecreeper?

An adult bar-tailed treecreeper weighs 8.2 g – 8.93 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bar-tailed treecreeper endangered?

The bar-tailed treecreeper is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the bar-tailed treecreeper?

The bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana) belongs to the family Certhiidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bar-tailed-treecreeper

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{bar_tailed_treecreeper_2026,
  title = {Bar-tailed treecreeper (Certhia himalayana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bar-tailed-treecreeper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}