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Meanings of American creeper in English

A common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill.

Synonyms
Examples for "brown creeper"
Examples for "brown creeper"
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The purple finch was there likewise, and the Carolina wren and brown creeper.
Wake-Robin
2
They return to lay eggs in mohua and brown creeper nests in late spring.
Radio NZ
3
In late fall this band is often joined by the golden-crowned kinglet and the brown creeper.
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers
4
A few of our birds also avail themselves of the work of others, as the titmouse, the brown creeper, the bluebird, and the house wren.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
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Downy and Hairy the Woodpeckers, Seep-Seep the Brown Creeper and Yank-Yank the Nuthatch are others.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
Usage of American creeper in English
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In these pretty little American creepers the sexes are alike, and they build a domed nest.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection / A Series of E...
2
A few weather-stains, or a few American creepers, and a little ivy, would make it perfect; and all that will come, I suppose, with time.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1