The Indian spotted creeper (Salpornis spilonota) is a small passerine bird, which is a member of the subfamily Salpornithinae which is placed along with the treecreepers in the family Certhiidae. This small bird has a marbled black and white plumage that makes it difficult to spot as it forages on the trunks of dark, deeply fissured trees where it picks out insect prey using its curved bill. It is found in patchily distributed localities mainly in the dry scrub and open deciduous forests of northern and central peninsular India. It does not migrate. Their inclusion along with the treecreepers is not certain and some studies find them more closely related to the nuthatches while others suggest a close relation to the wallcreeper. They lack the stiff tail feathers of treecreepers and do not use their tail for supporting them while creeping vertically along tree trunks.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Salpornis spilonota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103882026A94286168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103882026A94286168.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^Franklin, James (1831). "[Catalogue of birds]". Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. pt.1-2 (1830-1832). Printed for the Society by Richard Taylor: 114–125.
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