Other Scientific Names
Climacteris melanura [Christidis and Boles (2008)], Climacteris melanura [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Climacteris melanura [BirdLife International (2004)]
Other Names (World)
Black-tailed Treecreeper, Allied Treecreeper (wellsi), Chestnut-bellied Treecreeper
Habitat
Open eucalypt forests and woodlands, typically dominated by eucalypts, with a grassy understorey, and with and without a sparse to moderately dense shrub layer.
Black-tailed Treecreeper (Climacteris melanurus) [XC478687]
by Kakadu Nat Park, Australia, Fire Study 2018 from NBF03, Kakadu, West Arnhem Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (song)
Black-tailed Treecreeper (Climacteris melanurus) [XC522240]
by James Lambert from Kakadu, West Arnhem Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (song)
Nest
In a hollow of a tree, composed of soft bark, fur and dry grasses.
Eggs (Guide)
2 - 3; flesh-white, almost obscured with red-brown abd purple-red spots and blotches; oval; about 24 x 18 mm. Incubation; probably by female.
Subspecies wellsi has previously been treated as a separate species.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
melanurus Gould, 1843 - North-western Australia from the Kimberley Divide, east to south-eastern Gulf of carpentaria, and south inland to the eucalypt - acacia transition zone.
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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