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Brown Creeper

Certhia americana

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Winter in Florida, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 11 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Winter
Breeding
Nonbreeding
Range
33 of 67 counties
Habitats
11

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Florida
Winter
Breeding
Nonbreeding
Counties in known range
33 of 67
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model Winter model

Habitats in Florida 11

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

1 of 11

Swamps

Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp
WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeRegional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerWinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

WinterSouthwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerWinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

WinterEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

WinterFlorida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

WinterEvergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (138)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Winter
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer and winter
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer and winter
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer and winter
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer and winter
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer and winter
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer and winter
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer and winter
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer and winter
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer and winter
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Winter
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer and winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Winter
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Winter
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer and winter
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer and winter
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Winter
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Winter
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Winter
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer and winter
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Winter
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Winter
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer and winter
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Summer and winter
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer and winter
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer and winter
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer and winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer and winter
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Winter
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Winter
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer and winter
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer and winter
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Winter
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Summer and winter
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer and winter
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer and winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Winter
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Winter
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer and winter
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Winter
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer and winter
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer and winter
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Winter
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Winter
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest Summer and winter
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Winter
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Winter
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Winter
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Winter
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer and winter
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Winter
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Winter
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer and winter
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer and winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Winter
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer and winter
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer and winter
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer and winter
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer and winter
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer and winter
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer and winter
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer and winter
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer and winter
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer and winter
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer and winter
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Winter
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer and winter
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer and winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Winter
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer and winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Winter
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer and winter
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer and winter
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer and winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Winter
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer and winter
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Winter
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Winter
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Winter
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Winter

Model settings

Settings in the USGS model, not field measurements.

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Florida

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Winter. Nonbreeding. Range includes 33 of 67 counties

Also found in this habitat

Plants 808

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 219

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources