NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Sikkim Treecreeper
Certhia discolor Blyth, 1845
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) is a species of bird in the treecreeper family.
It is found in Bhutan, Nepal and Northeast India.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It inhabits broadleaf and mixed forests, where it usually forages at the middle and upper levels.
The form C. d. manipurensis of southern Manipur and southwestern Burma has a rich cinnamon throat and breast, and molecular evidence and is usually now treated as a separate species, the Hume's treecreeper, C. manipurensis Hume, 1850.
Wikipedia contributors, Sikkim treecreeper; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:15:23.788970+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Certhia discolor Blyth, 1845
- Name authority
- Blyth, 1845
- Common name
- Sikkim Treecreeper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Certhiidae
- Genus
- Certhia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCerthiidae Leach, 1820
- genusCerthia Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesCerthia discolor Blyth, 1845
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Certhia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Sichuan TreecreeperCerthia tianquanensis G. Li, 1995 | CerthiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 | CerthiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rusty-flanked TreecreeperCerthia nipalensis Blyth, 1845 | CerthiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown CreeperCerthia americana Bonaparte, 1838 | CerthiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla C. L. Brehm, 1820 | CerthiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hume's TreecreeperCerthia manipurensis Hume, 1881 | CerthiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Blyth, & Edward. (1845). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 14, no. 164. Notices and Descriptions of Various New or Little Known Species of Birds. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5XMXF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.