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Brown Treecreeper

Brown Treecreeper

Climacteris picumnus

The brown treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) is the largest Australasian treecreeper. The bird, endemic to eastern Australia, has a broad distribution, occupying areas from Cape York, Queensland, throughout New South Wales and Victoria to Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Prevalent nowadays between 16˚S and 38˚S, the population has contracted from the edges of its pre-European range, declining in Adelaide and Cape York. Found in a diverse range of habitats varying from coastal forests to mallee shrub-lands, the brown treecreeper often occupies eucalypt-dominated woodland habitats up to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), avoiding areas with a dense shrubby understorey. Adult birds are around 16.5 centimetres long. Adult plumage is light grey-brown above with light grey face and neck, darker grey on the crown with dark ear-coverts. The supercilium is prominent and pale on adults, while grey and indistinct on juveniles. The throat is cream to white and pale brown on the breast. The lower breast is streaked with fine black-grey and white. In flight a dark wing-bar is visible. Sexes of the species differ in plumage, with the uppermost breast of the male streaked black and white, while the female has rufous and white streaking. Juvenile plumage is different from that on the adult with the hind-neck, nape, crown and forehead darker than that of adult males. The call has been described as a spink spink.
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Kylie J
Thursday 24 Aug 2023 - 4:02am
Australia
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Kylie J
Thursday 29 Jun 2023 - 10:57am
Australia
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Wintah Thompson
Sunday 25 Jun 2023 - 3:23pm
Australia
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Wintah Thompson
Tuesday 25 Apr 2023 - 1:01pm
Australia
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