Papuan treecreeper

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Papuan treecreeper
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Climacteridae
Genus: Cormobates
Species:
C. placens
Binomial name
Cormobates placens
(Sclater, PL, 1874)

The Papuan treecreeper (Cormobates placens) is a species of bird in the family Climacteridae. [2] It was previously considered a subspecies of the white-throated treecreeper (C. leucophaea). [3]

It is found in the highlands of New Guinea.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cormobates placens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22703557A93928030. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703557A93928030.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Papuan Treecreeper (Cormobates placens)" Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 2014-3-23.
  3. Christidis L, Boles WE (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Canberra: CSIRO Publishing. p. 179. ISBN   978-0-643-06511-6.