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White-browed Treecreeper
(Climacteris affinis)
Size: 14-15 cm
Weight: 17-25 g
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Similar species |
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Physical description |
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White-browed Treecreepers have a grey cap and neck, dark
greyish-brown back, dark-brown upperwings with a rufous wing
patch, a white throat, grey chest and heavily streaked belly.
The vent is white with dark-brown barring. They have streaked
black and white ear patches. The eyebrows are white.
Females
have some inconspicuous rufous chest marks and rufous stripes
above the white eyebrows, which are narrower than those of
males.
The irises of both sexes are dark, the bill, legs and feet are
all dark-grey.
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Twitcher's tip |
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Compared to Brown
Treecreepers, White-browed Treecreeper have a lighter (white)
eyebrow. All other Australian species of treecreepers are noticeably darker.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See White-browed
Treecreeper at Wikipedia .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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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
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The global distribution of the White-browed Treecreeper is available
HERE
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NB:
Reports on ebird of birds submitted by birdwatchers from
the Australian Outback tend to be clustered along roads
and public areas such as camp grounds; in such cases their
distribution is not a good representation of the overall
distribution of the species.
There are two races of White-browed Treecreepers, both of which
are endemic to Australia. Both races inhabit the interior of the
Australian continent.
Race "affinis"
is found in the Paroo-Darling catchment in southern inland QLD and
North-West NSW and into SA, up to about Lake Eyre.
To the West of Lake Eyre, into the North-West corner of SA, into
the southern part of the NT (up to about Alice Springs) and into
parts of inland WA, North of the Nullarbor and towards Lake Austin,
WA, race "superciliosa" is found.
White-browed Treecreepers live in semi-arid to arid environments,
with a preference for acacia woodland (such as e.g.
Acacia cambagei),
casuarinas
and Cypress pines.
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Sightings |
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Race "affinis"
B. Hensen reports spotting a White-browed Treecreeper, race
"affinis",
at Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, QLD, in October 2012.
F. Japp reports spotting a White-browed Treecreeper, race
"affinis",
at Murray Sunset NP, VIC, in May 2014.
M. Eaton found White-browed Treecreepers, race
"affinis",
at Eulo, QLD, in June 2020.
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Photos |
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Race "affinis"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
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Frontal view of a White-browed Treecreeper; note the absence of
chestnut chest markings and stripes above the white eyebrows
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo, QLD, June 2020]
Frontal/ventral view of a White-browed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo, QLD, June 2020]
Near-frontal view of a White-browed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo, QLD, June 2020]
Near-frontal view of a White-browed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo, QLD, June 2020]
Lateral view of a White-browed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo, QLD, June 2020]
Lateral view of a White-browed Treecreeper; the absence of chestnut
chest markings and stripes above the white eyebrows suggests that
this is a male bird (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, QLD, October 2012]
Near-dorsal view of a White-browed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo, QLD, June 2020]
Dorsal view of a White-browed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Bowra Wildlife Sanctuary, QLD, October 2012]
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FEMALE |
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Lateral view of a White-browed Treecreeper; note the chestnut
bar at the top of the supercilium
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Eulo, QLD, June 2020]
Lateral view of a White-browed Treecreeper
(photo courtesy of F. Japp)
[Settlement Road, Murray Sunset NP, VIC, May 2014]
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