The Short-toed Treecreeper is a small bird of mature European woodlands. It searches bark crevices for tiny invertebrates with its curved bill.
The upperparts are brown with pale yellowish or grey-white markings. It has pale underparts, a long curved bill and a pointed tail.
A central-Italy study used 170 Short-toed Treecreeper records from 2000–2013 to map predicted habitat. Researchers compared forest types, vegetation and the arrangement of woodland patches to see how those features related to where the birds occurred.
They also estimated abundance in two forest stands. Bosco Pennataro, with larger and less scattered woodland patches, had higher modeled habitat suitability and mean abundance than Chiarano-Sparvera. The comparison links the pattern of surrounding forest with local distribution.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
In two central-Italian forests, the less fragmented stand had higher modeled habitat suitability and mean abundance. The study links woodland arrangement and continuity with the species’ local distribution.