Cormobates
| Cormobates | |
|---|---|
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| White-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Climacteridae |
| Genus: | Cormobates Mathews , 1922
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| Type species | |
| Certhia leucophaea[1] Latham, 1801
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Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family. Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek cormos (κορµός, ‘tree trunk’)[2] and bates (βάτης, ‘one who treads’).[3][4]
It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Cormobates leucophaea | White-throated treecreeper | eastern Australia |
| Cormobates placens | Papuan treecreeper | New Guinea. |
References
- ^ "Climacteridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "cormo-". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- Perseus Project: ‘one that treads or covers’
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2878-7.to tread).
Gr. kormos tree-trunk, log; batēs treader, walker (bainō