White-browed Treecreeper
A species of Typical Australasian Treecreepers Scientific name : Climacteris affinis Genus : Typical Australasian Treecreepers
White-browed Treecreeper, A species of Typical Australasian Treecreepers
Botanical name: Climacteris affinis
Genus: Typical Australasian Treecreepers
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Description General Info
Description
The White-browed Treecreeper is 14–16 cm in length, has a wingspan of 22 cm and weighs 21gm. Adult male plumage is mostly dark grey above (crown, neck, rump and uppertail) excluding the mantle and scapulars of which are brown and black sub-terminal tail-band. Facial plumage includes black lores, white tapered eyebrow and black and white streaked ear-coverts. The chin is white and throat brownish grey. The upper breast is grey and lower breast, belly, flanks and vent streaked black and white. Undertail coverts are barred black and white. Females are similar to males but with rufous stripe bordering the upper edge of the eyebrow and dull white streaking, tinged rufous, on the centre of the upper breast. In both sexes the bill is black, around 1.5–2 cm long and is relatively straight and slender. The iris is dark brown and legs and feet black. Juveniles differ from adults with pale grey bill and both facial patterning and ear-covert streaking duller and less distinct. The White-browed Treecreeper has moderately long wedge shaped wings and square tail. Flight pattern over longer distances is undulated, involving brief bursts of flapping within long glides, during of which a buff wingbar is visible. 
Size
16 cm
Feeding Habits
White-browed Treecreeper forages on tree trunks and branches, mainly eating insects. Adapted for bark-foraging with elongated toes, curved claws, and independent hind toe movement. Prefers daytime feeding.
Habitat
White-browed Treecreeper typically inhabits the tall shrublands and low woodlands found within arid and semi-arid regions. These areas are often dominated by various acacias, including mulga, gidgee, and western myall, or trees like belah, buloke, and native cypress pine. Occasionally, white-browed Treecreeper may also reside in mallee or sugarwood shrublands, as well as riverine woodlands. The understorey in these habitats ranges from open or grassy with vegetation like spinifex, to shrubby areas primarily composed of Chenopodiaceae species.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
White-browed Treecreepers inhabit arid and semi-arid regions across southern Australia, excluding Tasmania. The two subspecies ranges do not overlap, C. a. affinis found east of the Spencer Gulf and C. a. superciliosus to the west. White-browed Treecreepers inhabit a range of woodland and shrubland communities, dominated by either Acacia, Casuarina or Callitris species, with both dense and open understory's. White-browed Treecreepers are sedentary, pairs or groups actively defending relatively large territories (averaging 8.4 hectares in some regions) throughout the year.
Species Status
White-browed treecreepers are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. However, their conservation status varies from state to state within Australia. For example: The white-browed treecreeper is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared. On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the white-browed treecreeper is listed as vulnerable.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Australasian treecreepers Species
White-browed Treecreeper 
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