Brown Treecreeper
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BirdUp · Species

Brown Treecreeper

Climacteris picumnusTemminck, 1824

Least ConcernEndemic
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Conservation
Least Concern
Commonness
Endemic
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The brown treecreeper is the largest Australasian treecreeper. The bird, endemic to eastern Australia, has a broad distribution, occupying areas from Cape York, Queensland, throughout New South Wales and Victoria to Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Prevalent nowadays between 16˚S and 38˚S, the population has contracted from the edges of its pre-European range, declining in Adelaide and Cape York. Found in a diverse range of habitats varying from coastal forests to mallee shrub-lands, the brown treecreeper often occupies eucalypt-dominated woodland habitats up to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), avoiding areas with a dense shrubby understorey.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
East Australia

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
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  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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