Wallcreeper

Tichodroma muraria (Linnaeus, 1766) WALLC 14820
Family: Passeriformes > Tichodromidae

A bird of high montane rock faces in summer, this unobtrusive bird moves to lower altitudes in winter where it can be found searching the walls of tall buildings for invertebrates.

With a breeding distribution that extends from Portugal and Spain east to China, Wallcreeper is regarded as being an altitudinal migrant, but one that occasionally moves well beyond its core range.

The small number of British records have mostly come from southern England.

Select a topic for more facts and statistics about the Wallcreeper

  • Breeding
  • Winter
12 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
12 records

BTO RECORDS

12 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
12 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This vagrant has not been recorded in the UK for many decades and as such cannot be mapped.

Occupied 10-km squares in UK

European Distribution Map

European Breeding Bird Atlas 2

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Wallcreeper, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: pela-roques
Czech: zednícek skalní
Danish: Murløber
Dutch: Rotskruiper
Estonian: kaljuklutt
Finnish: kalliokiipijä
French: Tichodrome échelette
German: Mauerläufer
Hungarian: hajnalmadár
Icelandic: Bjargfeti
Italian: Picchio muraiolo
Latvian: klinšu ložna
Lithuanian: lipikas
Norwegian: Murkryper
Polish: pomurnik
Portuguese: trepa-fragas
Slovak: murárik cervenokrídly
Slovenian: skalni plezalcek
Spanish: Treparriscos
Swedish: murkrypare

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