Cormobates

Cormobates
White-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Climacteridae
Genus: Cormobates
Mathews, 1922
Type species
Certhia leucophaea
Latham, 1801

Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family. Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek cormos (κορµός, ‘tree trunk’) and bates (βάτης, ‘one who treads’).

It contains the following species:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Cormobates leucophaeaWhite-throated treecreepereastern Australia
Cormobates placensPapuan treecreeperNew Guinea.