Creeper — Creeper the name given to the small family of inconspicuous little birds related to wrens and nuthatches.
The best known of this new world species is the brown creeper, where it nests in wooded temperate regions of Canada and the United States.
It naturally spirals are a tree trunk, using the tell as a proper, and swoops to the base of another tree to begin a gain, searching for minute insects with its long, curved beak.
Names of other creepers include the Rocky Mountain, Sierra, and California creepers. Some warblers are called creepers.