Wallcreeper

How to identify it

1. Grey bird that creeps up cliff faces like a butterfly
2. Flicks open crimson-and-black wings with white spots
3. Long, fine, down-curved bill

Voice

High whistled song.

Listen to recordings on xeno-canto

Where to see it

• Pyrenees and Alps (cliffs and gorges)

Destination guides featuring this bird

Nepal Sagarmatha National Park The Everest region: high-altitude birding on the trek from Namche Bazaar towards the highest mountain on Earth.

1. JJanuary: Poor or no data
2. FFebruary: Poor or no data
3. MMarch: Poor or no data
4. AApril: Best
5. MMay: Best
6. JJune: Poor or no data
7. JJuly: Poor or no data
8. AAugust: Poor or no data
9. SSeptember: Poor or no data
10. OOctober: Good
11. NNovember: Good
12. DDecember: Poor or no data

Range and habitat