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Sikkim treecreeper

Certhia discolor Blyth, 1845

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) is a species in the family Certhiidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 10.1 g to 10.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor)
Photo: Dibyendu Ash · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sikkim treecreeper

Weight
10.1 g – 10.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
15.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.7 – 3.9src 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 sikkim treecreeper live?

Not recorded

What is the sikkim treecreeper?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) is a species of bird in the treecreeper family.

It is found in Bhutan, Nepal and Northeast India.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It inhabits broadleaf and mixed forests, where it usually forages at the middle and upper levels.

The form C. d. manipurensis of southern Manipur and southwestern Burma has a rich cinnamon throat and breast, and molecular evidence and is usually now treated as a separate species, the Hume's treecreeper, C. manipurensis Hume, 1850.

From the Wikipedia article “Sikkim treecreeper” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sikkim_treecreeper&oldid=1315327708), 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 sikkim treecreeper endangered?

The sikkim 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 sikkim treecreeper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCerthiidae
  6. genusCerthia
  7. SpeciesCerthia discolor Blyth, 1845

Synonyms Certhia discolor discolor, Certhia discolor fuliginosa

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Brown-throated treecreeperEnglish
  • Brown-throated treecreeperEnglish
  • Brown-throated treecreeperEnglish
  • Сикимска дърволазкаBulgarian
  • raspinell golabrúCatalan
  • šoupálek proměnlivýCzech
  • dringwr gyddf-frownWelsh
  • Brunhalset TræløberDanish
  • SikkimbaumläuferGerman
  • Braunkehl-BaumläuferGerman
  • BraunkehlbaumläuferGerman
  • sikima certioEsperanto
  • Agateador gorjipardoSpanish
  • tõmmuporrEstonian
  • harmaarintakiipijäFinnish
  • Grimpereau discoloreFrench
  • himalajski puzavacCroatian
  • barnatorkú fakúszHungarian
  • Rampichino golabrunaItalian
  • チャバラキバシリJapanese
  • sikiminis liputisLithuanian
  • tumšā mizložņaLatvian
  • EikekryperNorwegian Bokmål
  • BruinkeelboomkruiperDutch
  • eiketrekryperNorwegian
  • pełzacz dębowyPolish
  • trepadeira-pardaPortuguese
  • trepadeira-de-garganta-escuraPortuguese
  • Двуцветная пищухаRussian
  • Сиккимская пищухаRussian
  • kôrovník himalájskySlovak
  • Sikimski puzićSerbian
  • sikkimträdkrypareSwedish
  • Esmer TırmaşıkkuşuTurkish
  • підкоришник вохристийUkrainian
  • 褐喉旋木雀Chinese

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Relatives of the sikkim 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 sikkim treecreeper?

An adult sikkim treecreeper weighs 10.1 g – 10.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sikkim treecreeper endangered?

The sikkim 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 sikkim treecreeper?

The sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) belongs to the family Certhiidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{sikkim_treecreeper_2026,
  title = {Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sikkim-treecreeper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}