Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCerthiidae (Treecreepers)
- GenusCerthia (Typical Treecreepers)
- SpeciesCerthia americana (Brown Creeper)
Closest Relatives at Yosemite National Park
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
📅 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 Yosemite National Park?
About 46% of visitor-days record a Brown Creeper sighting in Yosemite National Park, based on 1596 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Creeper in Yosemite National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Brown Creeper in Yosemite National Park in our monthly data.