Brown Creeper

Certhia americana

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Brown Creeper
Scientific Name: 
Certhia americana
Naming References: 
B173
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Bird
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Aves
Order: 
Passeriformes
Family: 
Certhidae
Distribution

Ecozones

Taiga Plains
References: 
P002

Distribution

Species is becoming more abundant in the Liard Valley but range extent is largely unknown
References: 
H307

Number of Occurrences

First breeding record in NWT in June-July 2008 near Fort Liard (A144; P002); Multiple observations of species from the Liard Valley Long-term Monitoring Program during survey periods 2008 and 2014. In both years breeding evidence including nests were identified.(H307)
Score: 
A
References: 
P002
A144
H307

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
Threats

Threats

Species breeding in mature forest in Fort Liard, currently there is little human disturbance or pressure for disturbance in this area. Threats are thought to be low.
References: 
H307

Intrinsic Vulnerability

Score: 
-
References: 
H307
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Species is becoming more abundant in Liard Valley. During 2008 surveys of the Liard Valley Long-term Monitoring Program species was first recorded in the NWT, species was found to be breeding and a nest and young were discovered. In 2014 a number of family groups were identified. Species is breeding and has a presence in NWT but the extent and population size remains unknown.
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Modified (new species) based on NWT/NU Bird Checklist Survey (CWS) - 2009 - (SC); Reviewed by Emily Upham-Mills CWS in 2015, no change
Last Updated: 
February 4, 2015

References

Ecozones

  • Environment Canada (2009) NWT/Nunavut Bird Checklist Survey Spring 2009 Newsletter. - P002 Return

Intrinsic Vulnerability

  • Emily Upham-Mills and Rhiannon Pankratz (2015) e-copy - H307 Return

Naming

  • Hejl, S. J., K. R. Newlon, M. E. Mcfadzen, J. S. Young, and C. K. Ghalambor (2002) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), The Birds of North America Online. (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: - B173 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Environment Canada (2009) NWT/Nunavut Bird Checklist Survey Spring 2009 Newsletter. - P002 Return
  • Olson, C., Hannah, K.C., & Gray, C.M. (2009) First confirmed record of breeding Brown Creepers in the Northwest Territories, Canada.. The Northwestern Naturalist. 90: 156-159 - A144 Return
  • Emily Upham-Mills and Rhiannon Pankratz (2015) e-copy - H307 Return

Range Extent

  • Emily Upham-Mills and Rhiannon Pankratz (2015) e-copy - H307 Return

Threats

  • Emily Upham-Mills and Rhiannon Pankratz (2015) e-copy - H307 Return