Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)
White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) - HBW 12, p. 657
French: Échelet leucophée
German: Weißkehl-Baumrutscher
Spanish: Corretroncos Gorjiblanco
Other common names: Little Treecreeper (minor)
Taxonomy: Certhia leucophaea Latham, 1801, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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. placens, and has in the past been treated as conspecific. Race minor has in the past been treated as a separate species, but birds intermediate between it and nominate race occur in SE Queensland. Five .. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Certhia leucophaea Latham, 1801, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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. placens, and has in the past been treated as conspecific. Race minor has in the past been treated as a separate species, but birds intermediate between it and nominate race occur in SE Queensland. Five subspecies recognized.
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. placens, and has in the past been treated as conspecific. Race minor has in the past been treated as a separate species, but birds intermediate between it and nominate race occur in SE Queensland. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- minor ( E. P. Ramsay, 1891) - highlands of NE Queensland, in NE Australia.
- intermedia ( Boles & Longmore, 1984) - highlands of CE Queensland.
- metastasis Schodde, 1989 - SE Queensland and NE New South Wales.
- minor ( E. P. Ramsay, 1891) - highlands of NE Queensland, in NE Australia.
- intermedia ( Boles & Longmore, 1984) - highlands of CE Queensland.
- metastasis Schodde, 1989 - SE Queensland and NE New South Wales.
- leucophaea ( Latham, 1801) - coast, highlands and W slopes (upper watersheds of Murray-Darling Basin) of SE Australia, from CE New South Wales S to SE South Australia.
- grisescens ( Mathews, 1912) - Mt Lofty Ranges, in SE South Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging on a tree trunk Locality South Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 4.7 -
Female foraging - two different calls. Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 22 February 2011 2 years ago 22 sec 4.5 -
A close view of an individual climbing and feeding Locality South Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2006 5 years ago 41 sec 4.5 -
A male feeding Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Tom Tarrant 30 June 1996 8 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
An individual leaving its nest and looking around. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia (ssp metastasis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a trunk, preening Locality Kaiser Stuhl Conservation Park, South Australia, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Philip Griffin 1 October 2005 7 years ago 16 sec 3.8
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Adult male bird on side of gum tree
Locality Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia (ssp metastasis)
David Taylor 2 years ago 4.3 -
A female searching for food on a tree trunk.
Locality Long Forest Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Nick Talbot 9 September 2012 35 weeks ago 4 -
Adult female feeding under a horizontal branch
Locality Belair National Park , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 26 April 2011 2 years ago 3.9 -
A male creeping up a tree
Locality Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Arthur Grosset 6 April 2006 3 years ago 3.8 -
White-throated treecreeper.
Locality Namadgi Visitors Centre, Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 14 April 2013 5 weeks ago 3.7 -
A female searching for food.
Locality Long Forest Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Nick Talbot 9 September 2012 33 weeks ago 3.6
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A bird singing. Locality Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp leucophaea)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
A female calling from a tree. Locality Long Forest Flora Reserve, Victoria, Australia
(ssp leucophaea)
Nick Talbot 9 September 2012 33 weeks ago 3
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