Climacteris | |
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Brown treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Climacteridae |
Genus: | Climacteris Temminck, 1820 |
Type species | |
Climacteris picumnus [1] Temminck, 1824 | |
Synonyms | |
Whitlocka G. M. Mathews, 1912. |
Climacteris is a genus of bird in the family Climacteridae. These birds and the other members of the family, genus Cormobates , are similar to Northern Hemisphere creepers, Certhiidae, in climbing helically up tree trunks looking for insect food. Differences from Cormobates are
It contains the following species:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Climacteris affinis | White-browed treecreeper | Australia. | |
Climacteris erythrops | Red-browed treecreeper | Australia | |
Climacteris picumnus | Brown treecreeper | Cape York, Queensland, throughout New South Wales and Victoria to Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges, South Australia | |
Climacteris melanurus | Black-tailed treecreeper | north and northwestern Australia | |
Climacteris rufus | Rufous treecreeper | Australia. | |
The Australian author G. M. Mathews published new generic names in 1912, based on characteristics that distinguished two species from this genus,
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