Papuan Treecreeper (Cormobates placens)

Other Names (World)
Papuan Treecreeper, New Guinea Treecreeper

Family
Climacteridae (Australasian Treecreepers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
An ascending series of whistling notes, 'du du du du'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Papuan Treecreeper (Cormobates placens) [XC409681]
by Ken Behrens from nr German Camp, Syoubri, Arfak Mountains, Indonesia (song)

Papuan Treecreeper (Cormobates placens) [XC23994]
by Andrew Spencer from 1 km N 'Warili Lodge', below Tari Gap, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea), and has in the past been treated as conspecific.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

placens (Sclater, 1874) - Vogelkop (Tamrau Mts, Arfak Mts), in north-western New Guinea.
steini (Mayr, 1936) - Western and central New Guinea from Weyland Mts eastern east through Hindenburg Range to Tari Gap area.
inexpectata (Rand, 1940) - Snow Mts, in west-central New Guinea.
meridionalis (Hartert, 1907) - Mountains of south-eastern New Guinea (eastern from Aseki area, Mt Kaindi and Herzog Mts).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Papuan Treecreeper (Cormobates placens) - 10 files

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