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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Certhiidae > Genus: Certhia > Species: Certhia familiaris

Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Secure
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	117 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	woodland and forest
Natura 2000 species code	A334

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
FI1400004	Finland	Espholm	Map
IT1110006	Italy	Orsiera Rocciavré	Map
IT1110080	Italy	Val Troncea	Map
IT1160021	Italy	Gruppo del Tenibres	Map
IT1160056	Italy	Alpi Marittime	Map
IT1160057	Italy	Alte Valli Pesio e Tanaro	Map
IT1313712	Italy	Cima di Piano Cavallo - Bric Cornia	Map
IT1313776	Italy	Piancavallo	Map
IT1314679	Italy	Toraggio - Gerbonte	Map
IT1315380	Italy	Testa d'Alpe - Alto	Map
IT1315421	Italy	Monte Toraggio - Monte Pietravecchia	Map
IT1323112	Italy	Monte Carmo - Monte Settepani	Map
IT2020003	Italy	Palude di Albate	Map
IT2020303	Italy	Valsolda	Map
IT2030001	Italy	Grigna Settentrionale	Map
IT2040002	Italy	Motto di Livigno - Val Saliente	Map
IT2040003	Italy	Val Federia	Map
IT2040004	Italy	Valle Alpisella	Map
IT2040007	Italy	Passo e Monte di Foscagno	Map
IT2040008	Italy	Cime di Plator e Monte delle Scale	Map
IT2040009	Italy	Valle di Fraele	Map
IT2040010	Italy	Valle del Braulio - Cresta di Reit	Map
IT2040011	Italy	Monte Vago - Val di Campo - Val Nera	Map
IT2040012	Italy	Val Viola Bormina - Ghiacciaio di Cima dei Piazzi	Map
IT2040013	Italy	Val Zebrù - Gran Zebrù - Monte Confinale	Map
IT2040014	Italy	Valle e Ghiacciaio dei Forni - Val Cedec - Gran Zebrù - Cevedale	Map
IT2040016	Italy	Monte di Scerscen - Ghiacciai di Scerscen - Monte Motta	Map
IT2040017	Italy	Disgrazia - Sissone	Map
IT2040018	Italy	Val Codera	Map
IT2040019	Italy	Bagni di Masino - Pizzo Badile	Map
IT2040020	Italy	Val di Mello - Piano di Preda Rossa	Map
IT2040021	Italy	Val di Togno - Pizzo Scalino	Map
IT2040026	Italy	Val Lesina	Map
IT2040027	Italy	Valle del Bitto di Gerola	Map
IT2040028	Italy	Valle del Bitto di Albaredo	Map
IT2040029	Italy	Val Tartano	Map
IT2040030	Italy	Val Madre	Map
IT2040031	Italy	Val Cervia	Map
IT2040032	Italy	Valle del Livrio	Map
IT2040033	Italy	Val Venina	Map
IT2040034	Italy	Valle d'Arigna e Ghiacciaio di Pizzo di Coca	Map
IT2040035	Italy	Val Bondone - Val Caronella	Map
IT2040036	Italy	Val Belviso	Map
IT2040039	Italy	Val Zerta	Map
IT2040040	Italy	Val Bodengo	Map
IT2040044	Italy	Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio	Map
IT2060001	Italy	Valtorta e Valmoresca	Map
IT2060002	Italy	Valle di Piazzatorre - Isola di Fondra	Map
IT2060003	Italy	Alta Val Brembana - Laghi Gemelli	Map
IT2060004	Italy	Alta Val di Scalve	Map
IT2060005	Italy	Val Sedornia - Val Zurio - Pizzo della Presolana	Map
IT2060006	Italy	Boschi del Giovetto di Paline	Map
IT2060009	Italy	Val Nossana - Cima di Grem	Map
IT2060304	Italy	Val di Scalve	Map
IT2070006	Italy	Pascoli di Crocedomini - Alta Val Caffaro	Map
IT2070010	Italy	Piz Olda - Val Malga	Map
IT2070021	Italy	Valvestino	Map
IT2070022	Italy	Corno della Marogna	Map
IT2070023	Italy	Belvedere - Tri Plane	Map
IT2070301	Italy	Foresta di Legnoli	Map
IT2070302	Italy	Val Caffaro	Map
IT2070303	Italy	Val Grigna	Map
IT3120001	Italy	Alta Val di Rabbi	Map
IT3120002	Italy	Alta Val La Mare	Map
IT3120003	Italy	Alta Val del Monte	Map
IT3120020	Italy	Palu' Longa	Map
IT3120046	Italy	Prati di Monte	Map
IT3120096	Italy	Bocca di Caset	Map
IT3120109	Italy	Valle Flanginech	Map
IT3230060	Italy	Torbiere di Danta	Map
IT3230077	Italy	Foresta del Cansiglio	Map
IT4020020	Italy	Crinale dell'Appennino parmense	Map
IT4080001	Italy	Foresta di Campigna, Foresta la Lama, Monte Falco	Map
IT4080011	Italy	Rami del Bidente, Monte Marino	Map
IT5130001	Italy	Alta Valle del Sestaione	Map
IT5180002	Italy	Foreste Alto Bacino dell'Arno	Map
IT5180004	Italy	Camaldoli, Scodella, Campigna, Badia Prataglia	Map
IT5180018	Italy	Foreste di Camaldoli e Badia Prataglia	Map
IT5210071	Italy	Monti Sibillini (versante umbro)	Map
IT9210195	Italy	Monte Raparo	Map
IT9210200	Italy	Monte Sirino	Map
IT9210205	Italy	Monte Volturino	Map
IT9210115	Italy	Faggeta di Monte Pierfaone	Map
IT9210270	Italy	Appennino Lucano, Monte Volturino	Map
IT2030601	Italy	Grigne	Map
IT7218215	Italy	Abeti Soprani - Monte Campo - Monte Castelbarone - Sorgenti del Verde	Map
IT7218217	Italy	Bosco Vallazzuna	Map
IT2040403	Italy	Riserva Regionale Paluaccio di Oga	Map
IT2040601	Italy	Bagni di Masino - Pizzo Badile - Val di Mello - Val Torrone - Piano di Preda Rossa	Map
IT5140012	Italy	Vallombrosa e Bosco di S. Antonio	Map
IT2040602	Italy	Valle dei Ratti - Cime di Gaiazzo	Map
IT9210180	Italy	Monte della Madonna di Viggiano	Map
IT9210240	Italy	Serra di Calvello	Map
IT9310002	Italy	Serra del Prete	Map
IT2040401	Italy	Parco Regionale Orobie Valtellinesi	Map
IT3120157	Italy	Stelvio	Map
IT9310001	Italy	Timpone della Capanna	Map
IT3321001	Italy	Alpi Carniche	Map
IT2070401	Italy	Parco Naturale Adamello	Map
IT2070402	Italy	Alto Garda Bresciano	Map
IT3230089	Italy	Dolomiti del Cadore e del Comelico	Map
IT2040402	Italy	Riserva Regionale Bosco dei Bordighi	Map
IT9210075	Italy	Lago Duglia, Casino Toscano e Piana di S.Francesco	Map
IT5210063	Italy	Monti Coscerno - Civitella - Aspra (sommità)	Map
IT2060401	Italy	Parco Regionale Orobie Bergamasche	Map
IT7212125	Italy	Pesche - MonteTotila	Map
IT9210170	Italy	Monte Caldarosa	Map
IT1315313	Italy	Gouta - Testa d'Alpe - Valle Barbaira	Map
IT9210271	Italy	Appennino Lucano, Valle Agri, Monte Sirino, Monte Raparo	Map
IT7212135	Italy	Montagnola Molisana	Map
ROSPA0062	Romania	Lacurile de acumulare de pe Argeș	Map
IT5130009	Italy	Tre Limentre - Reno	Map
IT3120173	Italy	Monte Baldo di Brentonico	Map
ROSPA0133	Romania	Munții Călimani	Map
ROSPA0114	Romania	Cursul Mijlociu al Someșului	Map
ROSPA0124	Romania	Lacurile de pe Valea Ilfovului	Map
ROSPA0129	Romania	Masivul Ceahlău	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (All species of Certhiidae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Agateador Norteño	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Grimpereau des bois	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Hegyi fakusz	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Puukiipijä	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rampichino alpestre	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Šoupálek dlouhoprstý	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Taigaboomkruiper	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Trädkrypare	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Treecreeper	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Trepadeira-do-bosque	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Waldbaumläufer	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
All species of Certhiidae

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:14860	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

49 items found, displaying all items.1

Country	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Albania	500/2000 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Andorra	50/100 (pairs)	1999-2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Armenia	1000/15000 (pairs)	1999-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Austria	150000/300000 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan	40000/200000 (individuals)	1996-2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Azerbaijan	10000/50000 (pairs)	1996-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belarus	350000/400000 (pairs)	1997-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Belgium	2500/9999 (pairs)	1995-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Present/Present (pairs)	1985-1989	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Bulgaria	75000/200000 (pairs)	1996-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Croatia	5000/7000 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Croatia	5000/7000 (individuals)	2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Czech Republic	300000/600000 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Denmark	15000/25000 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Estonia	40000/80000 (pairs)	1998	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Estonia	80000/150000 (individuals)	1998	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Finland	150000/250000 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France	50000/250000 (pairs)	2000-2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Georgia	Present/Present (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Germany	160000/460000 (pairs)	1995-1999	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	5000/10000 (individuals)	1995-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Greece	2000/5000 (pairs)	1995-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Hungary	5000/13000 (pairs)	1999-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ireland	20000/99999 (pairs)	1988-1991	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Italy	30000/100000 (pairs)	2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Latvia	110000/160000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Liechtenstein	800/1500 (individuals)	1998-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Liechtenstein	400/600 (pairs)	1998-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Lithuania	70000/100000 (pairs)	1999-2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Luxembourg	2000/3000 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Macedonia (FYR)	15000/50000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Moldova, Republic of	3500/4500 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Moldova, Republic of	2000/3000 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Netherlands	75/100 (pairs)	1998-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Norway	20000/100000 (pairs)	1990-2003	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Poland	200000/300000 (pairs)	2000-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania	950000/1280000 (pairs)	2000-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Romania	2500/4000 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation	2000000/4000000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Serbia and Montenegro	40000/60000 (pairs)	1990-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia	100000/150000 (pairs)	1990-1999	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovakia	300000/600000 (individuals)	1990-1999	Wintering	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Slovenia	50000/100000 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Spain	32000/38000 (pairs)	1992	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Sweden	350000/800000 (pairs)	1999-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Switzerland	60000/80000 (pairs)	1993-1996	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Turkey	2000/8000 (pairs)	2001	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine	150000/195000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
United Kingdom	214000/214000 (pairs)	2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2