Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)

Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) - HBW 12, p. 659

French: Échelet roux German: Rostbauch-Baumrutscher Spanish: Corretroncos Rufo
Other common names: Allied Rufous Treecreeper

Taxonomy: Climacteris rufa Gould, 1841, Swan River, Western Australia.
Genus name originally introduced with no indication of intended gender, so deemed to be masculine by default. Forms a superspecies with C. picumnus and C. melanurus. E population (in South Australia) formerly considered by some authors to represent a geographical race, orientalis, distinct from form in SW Western Australia, but populations in intervening desert said to be intermediate in characters. Monotypic.

Distribution: From SW Western Australia (S from about Geraldton) inland through Great Victoria Desert to N Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia.