Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)
Papuan Treecreeper (Cormobates placens) - HBW 12, p. 657
French: Échelet papou
German: Papuabaumrutscher
Spanish: Corretroncos Papú
Other common names: New Guinea Treecreeper
Taxonomy: Climacteris placens P. L. Sclater, 1874, Hatam, Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
Genus previously merged into Climacteris, but differs in structure (bill shape, leg length, sole pads, skull, secondaries), egg coloration, plumage (juvenile characteristics, sexual dimorphism) and behaviour; generic separation corroborated by molecular evidence. Genus name originally combined with feminine adjectives, so deemed to be feminine. Forms a superspecies with C. leucophaea, and has in the past been treated as conspecific. There has been no recent taxonomic revision of this species, and distributional limits are uncertain. Four subspecies traditionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- placens (P. L. Sclater, 1874) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in NW New Guinea.
- steini (Mayr, 1936) - W & C New Guinea from Weyland Mts E east through Hindenburg Range to Tari Gap area.
- inexpectata (Rand, 1940) - Snow Mts, in WC New Guinea.
- meridionalis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1907) - mountains of SE New Guinea (E from Aseki area, Mt Kaindi and Herzog Mts).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging while climbing a tree trunk. Locality Ibele Valley, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp inexpectata)
Josep del Hoyo 21 July 2008 3 years ago 36 sec 3
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A bird on tree-trunk.
Locality Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp placens)
mehdhalaouate 18 September 2009 2 years ago 3.4
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Single bird recorded calling mid-afternoon. Locality Tari, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 20 September 2008 2 years ago 4
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