wall creeper

wall creeper

n.

A long-billed crimson and gray Old World bird (Tichodroma muraria), of alpine regions, that feeds on insects on rocky cliffs.

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Noun

1.

wall creeper - crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa Tichodroma muriaria, tichodrome tree creeper, creeper - any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet genus Tichodroma, Tichodroma - wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae