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Certhia

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Certhia is the genus of birds containing the typical treecreepers, which makes up the family Certhiidae.

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Certhia is a taxon classified as a genus within the family Certhiidae. It belongs to the order Passeriformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus was established by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted by the World Register of Marine Species. Its parent taxon is the treecreeper.

Records for this genus have been documented in countries including Zimbabwe, the United States, India, France, and Myanmar. These records are held by institutions such as UMZC, CUMV, CAS, COA, and MCZ. The subject has 19 records and 18 media items associated with it in the iDigBio database. Additionally, the genus is referenced by 446 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 33 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Brown Creeper

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyCerthiidae
Observations38,662
Observations recorded6,042,764

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
19
With media
18
Family
Certhiidae
Collections
UMZC, CUMV, CAS, COA, MCZ, USNM
Recorded in
Zimbabwe, United States, India, France, Myanmar, Ireland, Netherlands, Nouvelle-ZéLande

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • Fossil record
  • References
  • External links

Certhia is the genus of birds containing the typical treecreepers, which makes up the family Certhiidae.

The typical treecreepers occur in many wooded parts of the North Temperate Zone. They do not normally migrate other than for local movements, such as altitudinal migrations in the Himalayan species.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Certhia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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