Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
Habitat loss and fragmentation through forest clearing from logging and the progressive collapse of large old trees damaged by previous wildfires is the main threat.
Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops) [XC134385]
by Marc Anderson from Kanangra, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops) [XC172242]
by Marc Anderson from Newnes Plateau, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
Late August - early January.
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Nest
In a hollow branch or dead spout of a tree, composed of a compact mass of bark fragments, lined with fur, usually more than 2 or 3 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2; delicate pale pink with close red-brown and dull purple blotching all over, especially at the larger end; oval; about 22 x 17 mm. Incubation: 18 days; by female.
Young
Fledge in about 26 days.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with White-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris affinis). Birds from mountain forests of south-eastern coast of Victoria described as subspecies olinda, but generally considered indistinguishable from populations in rest of range.
Similar Species
White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) which has a larger white area on the throat, but lacks the rich chestnut eyebrow and eyepatch.
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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