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African Spotted Creeper

Salpornis salvadori (Bocage, JVB 1878)

The African spotted creeper is a small passerine bird, which is a member of the subfamily Salpornithinae of the treecreeper family Certhiidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa in open deciduous forest and mango groves. It does not migrate other than local movements. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sittidae
Genus:
   Salpornis
Scientific:
  Salpornis salvadori

Original description

Citation:
  (Bocage, JVB 1878)

Reference:
   J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa 6 p.198

Protonym:
  Hylypsornis salvadori

Type locality:
  Caconda, Benguella, Angola.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121117#page/223/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A51A5F84F844E1CA

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A51A5F84

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A51A5F84

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916831

Geographic range:

  • Salpornis salvadori: patchy in lowland to montane wooded savanna, miombo woodland, and juniper forest, from western Guinea eastward across the Sahel to Ethiopia, southward through northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Kenya to southern Tanzania, and from central Angola eastward to northern Mozambique, thence southward to eastern Zimbabwe; some seasonal wandering
  • Salpornis salvadori salvadori: far eastern Uganda to western Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi
  • Salpornis salvadori emini: Gambia to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Uganda
  • Salpornis salvadori erlangeri: Ethiopia
  • Salpornis salvadori xylodromus: Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
African Spotted Creeper
Afrikaans:
Boomkruiper
Bulgarian:
Африканска пъстра дърволазка
Catalan:
raspinell maculat africà
Czech:
šplháček africký
Danish:
Afrikansk Træløber
German:
Afrikastammsteiger
Esperanto:
afrika salpornito
Spanish:
Agateador moteado africano
Spanish (Spain):
Agateador moteado africano
Estonian:
aafrika tähnikporr
Basque:
Arrastalo afrikarra
Finnish:
afrikanhelmikiipijä
French:
Salpornis de Salvadori
Croatian:
afrički puzavac
Japanese (romaji):
afurikahoshikibashiri
Japanese:
アフリカホシキバシリ
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Gevlekte Boomkruiper
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Afrikagreinkrypar
Norwegian:
Afrikagreinkryper
Polish:
pełziec afrykański
Portuguese:
trepadeira-malhada-africana
Portuguese (Portugal):
trepadeira-malhada-africana
Russian:
Африканский пятнистая пищуха
Slovak:
kôrarka africká
Serbian:
Afrički pegavi puzić
Swedish:
afrikansk fläckkrypare
Turkish:
Afrika tırmaşıkkuşu
Ukrainian:
гримперія африканська
Chinese:
非洲斑旋木雀
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲斑點旋木雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Spotted Creeper (African) ( Salpornis spilonotus [salvadori Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Spotted Creeper (African) ( Salpornis spilonotus [salvadori Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
African Spotted-Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
African Salpornis ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
African Salpornis ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
African Spotted Creeper ( Salpornis salvadori) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Salpornis [spilonota or salvadori] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Boomkruiper
Bulgarian: Африканска пъстра дърволазка
Catalan: raspinell maculat africà
Czech: šplháček africký
Danish: Afrikansk Træløber
German: Afrikastammsteiger
English: African Salpornis, African Spotted Creeper, African Spotted-Creeper, Spotted Creeper (African)
English (Avilist): African Spotted Creeper
English, HBW: African Spotted Creeper
English (IOC): African Spotted Creeper
English (Kenya): Spotted Creeper
English (United States): African Spotted Creeper
Esperanto: afrika salpornito
Spanish: Agateador moteado africano
Spanish (Spain): Agateador moteado africano
Spanish (HBW): African Spotted-Creeper
Estonian: aafrika tähnikporr
Basque: Arrastalo afrikarra
Finnish: afrikanhelmikiipijä
French: Grimpereau de Salvador, Grimpereau de Salvadori, Grimpereau tacheté (Afrique), Salpornis de Salvadori
French (Guyane): Salpornis de Salvadori
Croatian: afrički puzavac
Japanese (romaji): afurikahoshikibashiri
Japanese: アフリカホシキバシリ
Scientific: Hylypsornis salvadori, Salpornis salvadori, Salpornis salvadori salvadori, Salpornis spilonotus [salvadori Group], Salpornis spilonotus salvadori
Dutch: Afrikaanse Gevlekte Boomkruiper
Norwegian Nynorsk: Afrikagreinkrypar
Norwegian: Afrikagreinkryper
Polish: pełziec afrykański
Portuguese: trepadeira-malhada-africana
Portuguese (Angola): Trepadeira-malhada
Portuguese (Portugal): trepadeira-malhada-africana
Russian: Африканский пятнистая пищуха
Slovak: kôrarka africká
Serbian: Afrički pegavi puzić
Swedish: afrikansk fläckkrypare
Turkish: Afrika tırmaşıkkuşu
Ukrainian: гримперія африканська
Chinese: 非洲斑旋木雀
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲斑點旋木雀
Zulu: inkwelamthini

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