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Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops) Alternate name(s): "Red-eyebrowed Treecreeper"; misnomer: "Woodpecker*" Size: 13.5-16 cm Weight: 20-30 g

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Red-browed Treecreepers have a dark grey-brown cap, neck, back and upperwings with a rufous wing patch, a white throat, grey chest and heavily streaked belly. The vent is grey with dark-brown barring. They have dark-brown ear patches. The eyebrows are reddish-brown. Their plumage is dimorphic, i.e. males and females are slightly different. Female Red-browed Treecreepers have clearly visible rufous chest streaks, whereas males have a grey breast. The irises of both sexes are dark, the bill, legs and feet are all dark-grey. Twitcher's tip Compared to Brown Treecreepers, Red-browed Treecreepers are noticeably darker.

Taxonomy, classification See Red-browed Treecreeper at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Red-browed Treecreeper is available HERE . Red-browed Treecreepers are endemic to Australia. The range of Red-browed Treecreepers is restricted to the Great Dividing Range in the South-East of the continent. They are found in an about 300-km wide area along the coast and Great Dividing Range from Brisbane, QLD, in the North to Melbourne, VIC, in the South. Near both ends of their range there are areas along the coastline where they are not found. Red-browed Treecreepers have a preference for tall eucalypt forest and woodland in (sub-)alpine areas.

Sightings Click here for sighting information B. Hensen reports spotting a Red-browed Treecreeper near Armidale, NSW, in February 2013. C. Hayne spotted a Red-browed Treecreeper in the same area in September 2013. R. Plumtree reports spotting Red-browed Treecreepers occasionally in East Gippsland, VIC, e.g. in April 2013 and in March 2014. We first spotted Red-browed Treecreepers at Bald Rock NP in May 2014, where they were found to be numerous at the time. B. Hensen reports finding a Red-browed Treecreeper near Evans Lookout, Blackheath, NSW, in September 2017. M. Eaton reports spotting a Red-browed Treecreeper at Gloucester Tops, Barrington Tops NP, NSW, in December 2019, and at O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, in January 2020.

Photos

ADULT

MALE

Lateral view of a male Red-browed Treecreeper (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Near Evans Lookout, Blackheath, NSW, September 2017]

Lateral view of a male Red-browed Treecreeper (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Near Evans Lookout, Blackheath, NSW, September 2017]

Near-dorsal view of a male Red-browed Treecreeper (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Barrington Tops NP, NSW, December 2019]

FEMALE

Lateral view of a female Red-browed Treecreeper; note the rufous patch on the upper breast
[Bald Rock NP, NSW, May 2014]

Lateral view of a female Red-browed Treecreeper (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay North, East Gippsland, VIC, April 2013]

Lateral view of a female Red-browed Treecreeper
[Bald Rock NP, NSW, May 2014]

Female(?) Red-browed Treecreeper hanging from a branch
[Bald Rock NP, NSW, May 2014]

Dorsal view of a female Red-browed Treecreeper; note the dark eye patch (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Near Armidale, NSW, February 2013]

Dorsal view of a Red-browed Treecreeper on the ground (photo courtesy of C. Hayne)
[Gara Gorge, Oxley Wild Rivers NP, NSW, September 2013]

Sex unknown

Dorsal/ventral view of a Red-browed Treecreeper (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[O'Reilly's Plateau, Lamington NP, Gold Coast, QLD, January 2020]

Food, Diet

Lateral view of a female Red-browed Treecreeper with its prey, a small insect (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Doctors Flat Road, Ensay, East Gippsland, VIC, March 2014]

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