Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)
White-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris affinis) - HBW 12, p. 658
French: Échelet à sourcils blancs
German: Weißbrauen-Baumrutscher
Spanish: Corretroncos Cejiblanco
Other common names: White-eyebrowed Treecreeper
Taxonomy: Climacteris affinis Blyth, 1863, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Genus name originally introduced with no indication of intended gender, so deemed to be masculine by default. Forms a superspecies with C. erythrops. Races intergrade in South Australia (Flinders Ranges). Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- superciliosus North, 1895 - arid S Western Australia E to ranges of C Australia, and E South Australia (W edge of Flinders Ranges).
- affinis Blyth, 1863 - SW Queensland, W New South Wales, NW Victoria and SE South Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging for ants and food crumbs Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia (ssp superciliosus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2004 4 years ago 29 sec 4.7 -
A bird on a trunk, feeding on ants Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia (ssp superciliosus)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2004 4 years ago 31 sec 4.7
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Foraging on a tree trunk
Locality Binya State Forest, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 1 May 2010 38 weeks ago 3.7 -
male in a casuarina tree
Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia (ssp affinis)
Peter Waanders 13 February 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Bird basking in early morning sunshine.
Locality Eulo, Queensland, Australia (ssp affinis)
Tom Tarrant 21 April 1999 2 years ago 3
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Bird calling from a tree Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
(ssp affinis)
Peter Waanders 22 October 2008 1 year ago 4
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