Common name:
Wallcreeper
Ladakhi name:
Takla Maber
Scientific name:
Tichodroma muraria
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Tichodromidae
fun facts:
The Wallcreeper is an extremely elusive bird, living on steep mountain cliffs and hiding its nest in rock cracks.
It is the only representative of its family Tichodromidae, and has a long, thin, curved bill.
It is a migrant to Ladakh. The sexes look similar.
Bird Club Contributor:
Tashi Chotak Lonchey
