The Indian spotted creeper is a tree creeper which is actually very difficult to spot! These are very small birds fond of eating insects and spiders from the barks of trees. For this, they choose trees which have dark and fissured barks in woodlands and groves, such as mangoes and babul. They always nest close to tree trunks. They possess specialized curved bills to pick out prey from inside the fissures in barks. Their feather cover is marbled with black and white, which is what makes them difficult to spot in tree barks.
Unlike other kinds of tree-creeper birds, these birds do not use their tail as support while climbing. Their tail is not that stiff either. These vibrant birds climb up trees very fast and often flutter down to change position.
These birds are regularly seen in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Outside India, Africa hosts a lot of these little birds.