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Northwestern [[Australia]]: found in [[Northern Territory]], [[Queensland]] and [[Western Australia]]
 
Northwestern [[Australia]]: found in [[Northern Territory]], [[Queensland]] and [[Western Australia]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
There are 2 subspecies:
 
There are 2 subspecies:

Revision as of 21:59, 8 July 2010

Alternative names: Chestnut-bellied Treecreeper; Allied Treecreeper (wellsi)

Male
Photo by Matt&Cathy
Bird Billabong, Mary River, NT, Australia, June 2010
Climacteris melanurus

Climacteris melanura

Identification

16-19cm.
Male:

  • Brownish-black upperparts and head
  • Belly dull rufous
  • Black throat with white streaks

Female:

  • Like male but white throat
  • Chestnut and white chest stripes

Wellsi is slightly smaller and brighter.
The lack of an eyebrow is a good field mark compared with other Treecreepers.

Distribution

Northwestern Australia: found in Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Megan Perkins
Kakadu, Australia, December 2007

Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

Wellsi has been considered a full species in the past, Allied Treecreeper.
Forms a superspecies with Brown Treecreeper and Rufous Treecreeper.
The scientific name was spelled melanura in the past.

Habitat

Eucalypt forest, woodlands, savannas.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes ants, beetles, larvae, spiders, which are gleaned as the bird hangs upside down on a tree; nectar and seeds are taken on rare occasions.

Breeding

They nest in tree hollows. The clutch consists of 1-3 brown marked, white to pinkish eggs. Incubation takes from 14–24 days, and fledging from 25–27 days.

References

  1. 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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