African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori)
About the African Spotted Creeper
The African spotted creeper (Salpornis salvadori) is a small passerine bird in the family Salpornithidae. It is found in subsaharan Africa in open deciduous forest and mango groves. It does not migrate other than local movements. The African spotted creeper has strongly spotted and barred plumage, closely similar to the Indian spotted creeper, but clearly different from the treecreepers in the genus Certhia. It weighs up to 16 grams (0.56 oz), twice as much as treecreepers of similar length [up to 15 cm (5.9 in)]. The African spotted creeper has a long, thin, pointed down-curved bill, which it uses to extricate insects from bark, but it lacks the stiff tail feathers which the Certhia treecreepers use to support themselves on vertical trees.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 28 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-ND · 5 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- African GoshawkAccipiter tachirorecording
- Black CrakeZapornia flavirostrarecording
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticoraxrecording
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalusrecording
- BrubruNilaus aferrecording
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collarisrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.