any small songbird of the family Certhiidae of the N hemisphere, having a brown-and-white plumage and slender downward-curving bill. They creep up trees to feed on insects
Examples of 'tree creeper' in a sentence
tree creeper
There was a flash of silver and a tree creeper landed at the base of the gnarled trunk of one of the willows.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I sat back in the hide, distracted from the herons by a tree creeper that was, unsurprisingly, creeping up a tree.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I have spotted three species of woodpecker, tree creepers, sparrow hawks and a flock of 30 chaffinches.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What to spot 24 species of birds, including buzzards, tree creepers, redstarts and wood warblers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Tree creepers are more easily noticed foraging on tree trunks, nuthatches in the tops of the trees.