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White-throated treecreeper
The white-throated treecreeper (''Cormobates leucophaea'') is an Australian treecreeper found in the forests of eastern Australia. It is unrelated to the northern hemisphere treecreepers. It is a small passerine bird with predominantly brown and white plumage and measuring some 15 cm (6 in) long on average. It is insectivorous, eating mainly ants. Unlike treecreepers of the genus ''Climacteris'', the white-throated treecreeper does not engage in cooperative breeding, and wherever it overlaps with species of that genus, it feeds upon much looser bark〔Noske, Richard A.; “Co-existence of three species of treecreepers in North-Eastern New South Wales” in ''Emu'', 79(3) pp. 120-128 (1979)〕 besides typically using different trees.
==Taxonomy==
It was first described by ornithologist John Latham in 1802 as ''Certhia leucophaea''.〔Latham, J. (1802). ''Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae.'' London: G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp. ()〕 For many years it was classified in the genus ''Climacteris''.〔
The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''kormos'' 'trunk of a tree', and 'batēs' from the verb 'to go' or 'to travel', and refers to its mode of walking up and down trees.〔Higgins ''et al.'' p. 197〕 Its specific name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''leuko-'' 'white' and ''phaios'' 'dun' or 'dusky',〔 and refers to its plumage.〔 Some guidebooks have the binomial name written as ''Cormobates leucophaeus'', however a review in 2001 rules that the genus name was feminine, hence ''leucophaea'' is the correct specific name.
The Papuan treecreeper (''Cormobates placens'') was previously considered a subspecies but is now recognized as a separate species, although molecular studies have yet to be done on the two taxa.
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