brown creeper

American  

noun

1. creeper7

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brown creeper British  

noun

1. Also called: bush canary.  a small bush bird, Finschia novaeseelandiae , of South Island, New Zealand

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Example Sentences

A sharp-eyed birder spied a brown creeper, a tiny bird that inches along tree trunks, eating bugs.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2011

“You have just heard the sound of a brown creeper and a common yellowthroat!” he told us.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

The summer food of the white-breasted nuthatch and the brown creeper, for example, includes the eggs, larvae, and adults of a very large number of insects injurious to trees.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The spines in the quills in the tails of woodpeckers, and in the brown creeper, are other cases in point.

From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John

The little bird known as the brown creeper belongs to a different avicular family entirely, but in one respect he is like the black-and-white warbler—that is, he scales the trunks and branches of the trees.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)