Certhia Collection

Great crested flycatcher, eastern phoebe, eastern
Great crested flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus 1, eastern phoebe, Sayornis phoebe 2, eastern wood-pewee, Contopus virens 3, and acadian flycatcher, Empidonax virescens 4

Scarlet honeyeater, Myzomela sanguinolenta (New Holland creeper, Certhia australasiae). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Superb sunbird, Cinnyris superbus (Superb creeper, Certhia superba). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Greater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afer (Red-bellied creeper, Certhia erythrogastra). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Scarlet chested sunbird, Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis (Purple-throated creeper, Certhia gutturalis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Scarlet myzomela, Myzomela sanguinolenta (Sanguineous honey-eater, Certhia sanguinolenta). Australia. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Eastern spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Slender-billed honey-eater, Certhia tenuirostris). Australia. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Lesser akialoa (extinct) and cardinal
Lesser akialoa, Hemignathus obscurus (extinct) and cardinal myzomela, Myzomela cardinalis. (Hook-billed green honey-eater, Certhia obscura, native to Hawaii, and cardinal honey-eater)

Great crested grebe, green frog and treecreeper
Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus 1, green frog, Pelophylax esculentus 2, and Eurasian treecreeper, Certhia familiaris 3. Grebe, grenouille, grimpereau

Brown creeper, Certhia familiaris.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819

Malachite sunbird or shining creeper, Nectarinia famosa, native to South Africa.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Certhia familiaris, Eurasian treecreeper
Plate 145 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Certhia americana, brown creeper, Sitta pygmaea, pygmy nutha
Plate 415 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Certhia himalayana, himalayan treecreeper
A gouache by Khuleelooddeen, (c. 1830-40)

Tree-Creeper (Morris)
(Certhia familiaris) Although tolerably numerous, it is not very frequently observed, owing to its small size, modest colours, and its quickness

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