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...
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 4 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
A close view of an individual climbing and feeding Locality South Canberra, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2006 4 years ago 41 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 1 year ago 27 sec 4.2 -
Female foraging - two different calls. Locality Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Stephen Wallace 22 February 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 4 -
A bird on a trunk, preening Locality Kaiser Stuhl Conservation Park, South Australia, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Philip Griffin 1 October 2005 6 years ago 16 sec 3.8 -
A male feeding Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Tom Tarrant 30 June 1996 7 years ago 31 sec 3.8
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Adult male bird on side of gum tree
Locality Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 year ago 4.2 -
Adult female feeding under a horizontal branch
Locality Belair National Park , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 26 April 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
A male creeping up a tree
Locality Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia (ssp leucophaea)
Arthur Grosset 6 April 2006 2 years ago 3.6 -
Adult male feeding on gum tree
Locality Belair National Park , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Peter Strauss 26 April 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Perched on a tree trunk
Locality Callum Brae, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 5 May 2007 1 year ago 3.4
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A bird singing. Locality Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia
(ssp leucophaea)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2009 1 year ago 4.5
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