Brown Treecreeper
Fledgling
Ellura
Brown Treecreeper
Adult, profile
 
                      
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Australian Treecreeper (Climacteridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus)
This Photo:     Juvenile
Other name: Brown Tree creeper

Thank you Andrew Allen for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
Big feet! Vocal brown birds always inspecting the bark of trees for insects and other food.
Quite an elegant bird, with pretty buff scalloped breast with dark brown edges.
Dark patch through the eye with a pale/buff brow.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 06-Nov-2013
This species is classed as NT (Near Threatened) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)