wall creeper Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria passerine bird high mountains Eurasia. It is the only member of the genus Tichodroma
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria passerine bird high mountains Eurasia. It is the only member of the genus Tichodroma. The Wallcreeper is a –17 cm (6— in) long bird, with a mass of 17–19 grams (– oz). Its plumage is primarily blue-grey, with darker flight and tail feathers. Its most striking plumage feature, though, are its extraordinary crimson wings. Largely hidden when the wings are folded, this bright coloring covers most of the covert feathers, and the basal half of the primaries and secondaries. This species can be quite tame, but is often surprisingly difficult to see on mountain faces. The Wallcreeper is an insectivore, feeding on terrestrial invertebrates—primarily insects and spiders—gleaned from rock faces. It sometimes also chases flying insects in short sallies from a rock wall perch. Feeding birds move across a cliff face in short flights and quick hops, often with their wings partially spread.
Size: 3363px × 5025px
Photo credit: © 19th era / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: -fashioned, ., –17, 1800, 19th, 2d, academic, age, ancient, antique, antiquity, bird, black, blue-grey, book, bw, bygone, century, classical, cm, copy, creeper, cut, cutout, darker, drawing, duplicate, embossed, empire, engrave, engraved, engraver, engraving, etching, eurasia., expression, feathers., figure, flight, formal, front, frontispiece, genus, graphic, hand, heritage, high, historic, history, illustration, image, imperial, late, lifelike, majesty, margin, master, member, monotone, mountains, muraria, national, nineteenth, notable, obscure, obsolete, olden, original, paper, passer, passerine, period, pictorial, picture, plumage, portrait, pre, press, primarily, print, printed, printing, prior, proof, publication, publicity, queen, rare, real, realism, realistic, reference, relief, replica, represent, representation, repro, reproduce, reproduction, retro, review, romantic, social, st, standard, steel, studio, style, subject, tail, teach, tichodroma, tichodroma., time, title, tool, topic, topical, tract, true, unusual, victoria, victorian, visual, wall, wallcreeper, white
