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African Spotted Creeper

Salpornis salvadori

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestTiny · 15 g
African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 1
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African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 2
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African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 3
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African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 4
Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0
African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 5
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African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 6
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African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 7
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African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 8
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African Spotted Creeper (Salpornis salvadori), photo 9
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

When to see the African Spotted Creeper

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the African Spotted Creeper

Regular range

The map shades 15 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ethiopia Zambia Zimbabwe Malawi Ghana Cameroon Kenya Tanzania Angola Mozambique Congo - Kinshasa Central African Republic Uganda Côte d’Ivoire Nigeria

About the African Spotted Creeper

The African spotted creeper 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.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Indian Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota) Indian Spotted CreeperSalpornis spilonotaThe Indian spotted creeper has grey and white spotted and barred plumage, clearly different from the treecreepers of the family Certhiidae.

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