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0.767 (0.0134 - 1.56)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
This inconspicuous forest denizen is most easily detected in the early spring when singing its cheery, high-pitched song. It lives up to its name by creeping up the bole of a large tree with deeply furrowed bark. Brown Creepers nest across the wooded areas of coastal Alaska and southern Canada south through western and northeastern US and Mexico to Nicaragua. Permanent residents through much of their breeding range, they withdraw annually from the more northerly latitudes.
In Saskatchewan, as elsewhere, these birds prefer mature mixed or coniferous forests rich in structural diversity.
The Brown Creeper's main breeding area is throughout the southern boreal forest, where it is nonetheless rated as uncommon. It is considered rare in the regions immediately to the north and south. We do not know what percentage leave Saskatchewan for the winter; a small number remain in southern portions of the province (Smith 1996), but in recent years Saskatchewan Christmas Bird Count data show a highly significant 9.4% (1981-2007) annual increase in wintering numbers (ARS).
Original text by J. Burke Korol. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Brown Creeper in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Brown Creeper in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=BRCR&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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