Inland Brown Treecreeper
Juvenile
Ellura
Inland Brown Treecreeper
Head
 
                      
Inland Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris (Climacteris) picumnus ssp picumnus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Family: Australian Treecreeper (Climacteridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Inland Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris (Climacteris) picumnus ssp picumnus)
This Photo:     🔍Adult, profile🔎
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 © 2023-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 31-Aug-2023
This species is classed as NT (Near Threatened) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)