Australasian treecreeper (original) (raw)

There are 7 species of Australasian treecreeper in the passerine bird family Climacteridae. They are medium-small, mostly brown-coloured birds with patterning on their underparts and all are endemic to Australia-New Guinea.

As their name implies, treecreepers forage for insects and other small creatures living on and under the bark of trees, mostly eucalypts, though several species also hunt on the ground, through leaf-litter, and on fallen timber.

• 'ORDER PASSERIFORMES
  • Family Climacteridae
    * White-throated Treecreeper, Cormobates leucophaeus
    * White-browed Treecreeper, Climacteris affinis
    * Red-browed Treecreeper, Climacteris erythrops
    * Brown Treecreeper, Climacteris picumnus
    * Black-tailed Treecreeper, ''Climacteris melanura'
    * Rufous Treecreeper, Climacteris rufa
  • (many other families in order)