| Brown treecreeper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Climacteridae |
| Genus: | Climacteris |
| Species: | C. picumnus
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| Binomial name | |
| Climacteris picumnus Temminck, 1824
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The brown treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) 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.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Climacteris picumnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22703577A93928711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703577A93928711.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Doerr, VAJ; Doerr, ED (2001). Higgins PJ; Peter JM; Steele WK (eds.). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (Vol 5 ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp. 228–242. ISBN 0-19-553258-9.