Sikkim treecreeper

The Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor) is a species of bird in the treecreeper family.

Sikkim treecreeper
from Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Certhiidae
Genus:	Certhia
Species:	C. discolor
Binomial name
Certhia discolor Blyth, 1845

It is found in Bhutan, Nepal and Northeast India.^[2]

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[3]