Certhia brachydactyla
            
               (L 5" Wt 0.26-0.30 oz")
          
         
            
               S of Burgas near
               Robotamo River
            
               2Sept2009
          
         
            
               Found in warmer areas of Europe
               and north Africa...closely related
               to No. Amer. Brown Creeper.
          
         
            
               Borisova Gradina Park
            
               Sofia
            
               09May2015
          
         
         
            
               Certhia is Greek for a small tree-
               dwelling bird mentioned by
               Aristotle; brachydactyla is Greek
               for short-toed.
          
         
         
            
               © Serguei A.
               Bukreev
            
                Macaulay
            
               Library