Central-western Australia through Central Australia to south-western Queensland, western New South Wales, north-western Victoria and inland South Australia.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.
Nest
In a hollow of a tree, composed of fur, hair, bark fragments, dry grass and plant-down, usually close to the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2 or 3; pale pink, closely spotted and speckled all over with red-brown and purplish red; oval; about 22 x 17 mm. Incubation: about 18 - 19 days; by female.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 22 - 23 days.
Subspecies intergrade in South Australia (Flinders Ranges).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
affinis Blyth, 1864 - Northern and central Murray - Darling Basin, west to the Flinders Ranges, SA.
superciliosus North, 1895 - South-western and southern central Australia (central western Australia east to southern northern Territory and South Australia, east to the western edge of the Flinders Ranges); intergrades with affinis in the Flinders Ranges.
Similar Species
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) which has less streaked ear coverts, a duller off-white eyebrow and has streaks in the center of the upper breast and in south and south-western Australia with Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) if only calls are heard.
Compare Images
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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