The Indian spotted creeper is a small passerine bird, which is a member of the subfamily Salpornithinae which is placed along with the treecreepers in the family Certhiidae. This small bird has a marbled black and white plumage that makes it difficult to spot as it forages on the trunks of dark, deeply fissured trees where it picks out insect prey using its curved bill. It is found in patchily distributed localities mainly in the dry scrub and open deciduous forests of northern and central peninsular India. It does not migrate. Their inclusion along with the treecreepers is not certain and some studies find them more closely related to the nuthatches while others suggest a close relation to the wallcreeper. They lack the stiff tail feathers of treecreepers and do not use their tail for supporting them while creeping vertically along tree trunks. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Franklin, J 1831)
Reference:
Proc. Comm. Sci. Corres. Zool. Soc. London
1, no.10 p.121
Protonym:
Certhia spilonota
Type locality:
between Calcutta and Benares.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16559#page/135/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
0B9E1A38248700EC
Avibase ID:
avibase-0B9E1A38
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0B9E1A38
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562805
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
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Clements, version 2024: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Indian Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Indian Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Indian Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Indian Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Indian Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Spotted Creeper (Indian) ( Salpornis spilonotus spilonotus/rajputanae) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Spotted Creeper (Indian) ( Salpornis spilonotus spilonotus/rajputanae) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Indian Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2016: Indian Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Indian Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2019: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2024: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Indian Salpornis ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Indian Salpornis ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonotus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Indian Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis spilonota) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Salpornis spilonotus spilonotus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Salpornis spilonotus spilonotus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Salpornis [spilonota or salvadori]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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