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

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

“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

Let me explain, also, that when I call the brown creeper a silent migrant I am not unaware that others beside myself, and more than myself, have heard him sing while traveling.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

The brown creeper is quite as industrious and good-humored as the kinglet, but he is less taking in his personal appearance and less romantic in his mode of life.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford