Climacteris

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Climacteris
Brown Treecreeper bowra apr07.jpg
Brown treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
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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.
Neoclima 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:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
White-browed Treecreeper (7141277955).jpg Climacteris affinis White-browed treecreeper Australia.
Red browed treecreeper.JPG Climacteris erythrops Red-browed treecreeper Australia
Brown Treecreeper.jpg 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
Climacteridae - Climacteris rufa.jpg 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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References

  1. "Climacteridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. whitlocka Jobling, J. A. (2018). Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2018). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from www.hbw.com on 21 July 2018).
  3. neoclima Jobling, J. A. (2018). Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2018). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from www.hbw.com on 21 July 2018).

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