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 LC    Rufous Treecreeper* Id (Atlas): 556
    Climacteris rufus Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Climacteris rufa [Christidis and Boles (2008)], Climacteris rufa [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Climacteris rufa [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Rufous Treecreeper, Allied Rufous Treecreeper, Wheelbarrow, Woodpecker

Family
Climacteridae (Australasian Treecreepers)

Size
15 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1841

Derivation
Cli-mac-tër'-is - Gk, climacter, staircase: rü'-fa - L., rufus, red

Abundance (Guide)
MC

Moderately common. Sedentary.

Habitat
Open woodlands, sclerophyll forests, malle woodlands and malle scrub, varying from open grassy areas to understorey of scattered shrubs.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Rufous Treecreeper
From south-western Western Australia (southern from about Geraldton) inland through Great Victoria Desert to northern Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia.
 
South-western Australia, north to Geraldton and Kalgoorlie, and Eyre Peninsula, SA.
 
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 (2010).

Status LC
Secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in pairs or trios.

Food
Insects, mainly ants.

Voice
A single pentrating 'peep'. Churring scolds.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

 
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) [XC872154]
     by Marc Anderson from Dryandra, Shire of Cuballing, Western Australia, Australia (call, footsteps on leaves)

 
Rufous Treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) [XC382807]
     by Marc Anderson from Tomingley Rd, Dryandra Woodland, Western Australia, Australia (song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
August - January.

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Nest
In a hollow limb or trunk of a dead tree, and often a hole in a fence-post or stump, composed of fur, hair and fine feathers, from 1 to 10 m above the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
1 - 4, usually 2 or 3; pale pinkish-white, thickly marked all over with red-brown and dull purple; oval; about 24 x 19 mm. Incubation: 17 days; by female.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 26 days. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) and Black-tailed Treecreeper (Climacteris melanurus). Eastern population (in South Australia) formerly considered by some authors to represent a geographical subspecies, orientalis, distinct from form in south-western Western Australia, but populations in intervening desert said to be intermediate in characters.

Status of population on Eyre Peninsula, SA is uncertain.


References
See References.

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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