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[[Image:Rbtreecreeper1sm.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Weiss1|Weiss1}} <br>Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, [[Australia]], June 2010]]
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'''Alternative name: Red-eyebrowed Treecreeper'''
 
;[[: Category:Climacteris|Climacteris]] erythrops
 
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[[Image:Red-browed_Treecreeper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by jimmclean <br/>Location:  Barrington Tops, Australia ]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Males are dull brown with a grey crown and nape. A broad rufous-brown eyebrow extends across the face. Its throat and chin are white. The breast and belly is grey with broad dark brown and white streaks.
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15 - 16cm.
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The female is similar but with a red-brown eyebrow and rusty red streaks on the upper breast.  
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* Dark grey head, neck, rump and uppertail-coverts
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* Dark brown rest of upperparts
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* Broad rufous-brown eyebrow extends across the face
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* White chin and throat
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* Grey breast and belly with broad dark brown and white streaks
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Females have a red-brown eyebrow and rusty red streaks on the upper breast. Juveniles have an uniform grey head, no rufous eye patch and few or no markings on underparts.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Endemic to eastern [[Australia]].  
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Endemic to eastern [[Australia]].<br />
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Moderately common in suitable habitat.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Some sources have this as a monotypic species, others recognize a second subspecies, ''olinda''.  
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
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The described subspecies ''olinda'' from southeastern [[Victoria]] is usually not recognized.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Mountain forests, but can also be found in coastal rainforest.
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Forests and woodlans of the Great Dividing Range. Most common in wet sclerophyll forest but also in dry sclerophyll forest with grassy understorey.<br />
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Occurs from sea-level up to 1500m.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Its diet is primarily insects.  
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Feeds on adult and larvae insects, mainly ants.<br />
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Forages on trunks and large boughs. It occasionally comes to the ground to hunt.
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It breeds from August through to January. Its nest is built of bark covered in a layer of fur, and is placed in a tree hollow 5 to 30m off the ground.  
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====Breeding====
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Breeding season from late August to January, sometimes two broods. A monogamous species but breeds sometimes in co-operative groups with one or two helpers.<br />
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This bird spends most of its time foraging and nesting high up in the forest canopy. It occasionally comes to the ground to hunt.
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Its nest is built of bark covered in a layer of fur, and is placed in a tree hollow 5 to 30m off the ground. Lays 2 eggs.
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====Movements====
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A sedentary species.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#{{Ref-HBWVol12}}
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Climacteris+erythrops}}
 
{{GSearch|Climacteris+erythrops}}
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=59&bid=778 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=59&bid=778 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[category:Climacteris]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[category:Climacteris]]

Revision as of 18:29, 11 November 2013

Photo by Weiss1
Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia, June 2010

Alternative name: Red-eyebrowed Treecreeper

Climacteris erythrops

Identification

15 - 16cm.

  • Dark grey head, neck, rump and uppertail-coverts
  • Dark brown rest of upperparts
  • Broad rufous-brown eyebrow extends across the face
  • White chin and throat
  • Grey breast and belly with broad dark brown and white streaks

Females have a red-brown eyebrow and rusty red streaks on the upper breast. Juveniles have an uniform grey head, no rufous eye patch and few or no markings on underparts.

Distribution

Endemic to eastern Australia.
Moderately common in suitable habitat.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
The described subspecies olinda from southeastern Victoria is usually not recognized.

Habitat

Forests and woodlans of the Great Dividing Range. Most common in wet sclerophyll forest but also in dry sclerophyll forest with grassy understorey.
Occurs from sea-level up to 1500m.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on adult and larvae insects, mainly ants.
Forages on trunks and large boughs. It occasionally comes to the ground to hunt.

Breeding

Breeding season from late August to January, sometimes two broods. A monogamous species but breeds sometimes in co-operative groups with one or two helpers.
Its nest is built of bark covered in a layer of fur, and is placed in a tree hollow 5 to 30m off the ground. Lays 2 eggs.

Movements

A sedentary species.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422

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