Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCerthiidae (Treecreepers)
- GenusCerthia (Typical Treecreepers)
- SpeciesCerthia americana (Brown Creeper)
The brown creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Creeper sighting in Grand Canyon National Park, based on 184 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Grand Canyon National Park
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Juniper Titmouse
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Pygmy Nuthatch
Sitta pygmaea
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Creeper in Grand Canyon National Park?
About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Creeper sighting in Grand Canyon National Park, based on 184 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Brown Creeper in Grand Canyon National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Brown Creeper in Grand Canyon National Park in our monthly data.