brown creeper

noun

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brown creeper

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

Some bird species including goshawks that require high forest canopies and brown creepers, which scoot up large trees and eat bugs, will likely decrease, at least in the short term.

From Washington Times

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 Literature

There have been reports of brown creepers, too.

From New York Times

Two brown creepers fly by feet from my face, they circle up a pair of sugar maples, and she points out where deer have been bedding down.

From Salon