>Climacteris rufus (Rufous Treecreeper)

Rufous Treecreeper

 

Rufous Treecreeper
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Climacteridae
Genus:	Climacteris
Species:	C. rufus
Binomial name
Climacteris rufus Gould, 1841

The Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) is a species of bird in the Climacteridae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

>Climacteris melanurus (Black-tailed Treecreeper)

Black-tailed Treecreeper

 

Black-tailed Treecreeper
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Climacteridae
Genus:	Climacteris
Species:	C. melanurus
Binomial name
Climacteris melanurus Gould, 1843

The Black-tailed Treecreeper (Climacteris melanurus) is a species of bird in the Climacteridae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

>Climacteris picumnus (Brown Treecreeper)

Brown Treecreeper

Brown Treecreeper
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Climacteridae
Genus:	Climacteris
Species:	C. picumnus
Binomial name
Climacteris picumnus Temminck & Laugier, 1824

The Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) is the largest Australasian treecreeper. The bird is endemic to eastern Australia, found in eucalypt forests and woodlands of the Great Dividing Range. The Brown Treecreeper is pale brown to grey-brown, with black streaking on the underparts and black bars on the undertail. The sexes are largely similar. It is an active and noisy bird.

Two subspecies, C. picumnus picumnus and C. picumnus victoriae, have been identified. The Brown Treecreeper is considered a "least concern" species by the IUCN, while the subspecies victoriae, found in New South Wales, is considered threatened by Australian authorities.

>Climacteris erythrops (Red-browed Treecreeper)

Red-browed Treecreeper

Red-browed Treecreeper
Red-browed treecreeper collecting fur as nesting material
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Climacteridae
Genus:	Climacteris
Species:	C. erythrops
Binomial name
Climacteris erythrops Gould, 1841

The Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops) is a species of bird in the Climacteridae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Climacteris affinis (White-browed Treecreeper)

White-browed Treecreeper

White-browed Treecreeper
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Climacteridae
Genus:	Climacteris
Species:	C. affinis
Binomial name
Climacteris affinis Blyth, 1864

The White-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris affinis) is a species of bird in the Climacteridae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Eulo, SW Queensland, Australia

Conservation Status

White-browed Treecreepers are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. However, their conservation status varies from state to state within Australia. For example:

• The White-browed Treecreeper is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared.

• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the White-browed Treecreeper is listed as vulnerable.

>>Genus Climacteris

Climacteris

Climacteris
Brown Treecreeper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Climacteridae
Genus:	Climacteris Temminck, 1820

Climacteris is a genus of bird in the Climacteridae family. It contains the following species:

• White-browed Treecreeper, Climacteris affinis
• Red-browed Treecreeper, Climacteris erythrops
• Brown Treecreeper, Climacteris picumnus
• Black-tailed Treecreeper, Climacteris melanurus
• Rufous Treecreeper, Climacteris rufus

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

• Climacteris species have black, slightly downcurved bills.
• They have a rusty chest stripe in the female. (In Cormobates the female is marked on the face.)
• They have simple vocal repertoires that are the same for both sexes.
• They lay heavily marked pinkish eggs (Simpson and Day 1999).
• They are cooperative breeders; male offspring of previous broods and sometimes other individuals help breeding pairs (Doerr 2003).