Passeriformes

Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)

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• Small, rather stout passerines with medium-length slightly decurved bill, moderately long tail, and relatively short, robust legs with long toes and claws; plumage mostly brown or grey-brown, some more rufous, with paler underparts variably streaked, females often with some reddish colour on head or breast.
• Australia and New Guinea.
• Forest and woodland, one species in montane rainforest.
• 2 genera, 7 species, 18 taxa.
• 2 genera, 7 species,
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.