Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Corvida
Superfamilia: Menuroidea
Familia: Climacteridae
Genus: Climacteris
Species: C. affinis - C. erythrops - C. melanurus - C. picumnus - C. rufus
Name
Climacteris Temminck, 1820
References
Manuel d'ornithologie ed.2 1 p. 85[LXXXV]
Climacteris is a genus of bird in the family Climacteridae. These birds and the other members of the family, genus Cormobates, are similar to Northern Hemisphere creepers, Certhiidae, in climbing helically up tree trunks looking for insect food. Differences from Cormobates are
Climacteris species have black, slightly downcurved bills.
They have a rusty chest stripe in the female. (In Cormobates the female is marked on the face.)
They have simple vocal repertoires that are the same for both sexes.
They lay heavily marked pinkish eggs (Simpson and Day 1999).
They are cooperative breeders; male offspring of previous broods and sometimes other individuals help breeding pairs (Doerr 2003).
It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Climacteris affinis | White-browed treecreeper | Australia. |
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Climacteris erythrops | Red-browed treecreeper | Australia |
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Climacteris picumnus | Brown treecreeper | Cape York, Queensland, throughout New South Wales and Victoria to Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges, South Australia |
| Climacteris melanurus | Black-tailed treecreeper | north and northwestern Australia | |
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Climacteris rufus | Rufous treecreeper | Australia. |
The Australian author G. M. Mathews published new generic names in 1912, based on characteristics that distinguished two species from this genus,
Whitlocka, to describe the black-tailed northwestern species, Climacteris melanurus. The generic epithet honoured the ornithologist F. Lawson Whitlock.[1]
Neoclima, assigning the species Climacteris picumnus, brown treecreeper, of Temminck as the type.[2]
References
whitlocka Jobling, J. A. (2018). Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2018). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from www.hbw.com on 21 July 2018).
neoclima Jobling, J. A. (2018). Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2018). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from www.hbw.com on 21 July 2018).
Doerr, V. A. J. (2003). "Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)". In Christopher Perrins (ed.). The New Encyclopedia of Birds. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852506-0.
Peterson, Alan P. (Editor). 1999. Zoological Nomenclature Resource (Zoonomen). Accessed 2007-08-30.
Simpson, Ken; Day, Nicolas (1999). Birds of Australia. Princeton University Press. pp. 369–370. ISBN 0-691-04995-5. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
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