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Australian treecreeper
bird
Also known as: Climacteridae
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annotated classification
- In passeriform: Annotated classification
Family Climacteridae (Australian treecreepers) Small, creeperlike climbing birds, 12.5 to 17.5 cm (5 to 7 inches); of uncertain ancestry and affinities. Legs short; toes long, claws long, curved, strong, especially that of hallux; tail rounded, soft; bill long, somewhat downcurved. Grayish brown to black above, streaked below,…
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species of treecreeper
- In treecreeper
…species of Climacteris, known as Australian treecreepers, constitute the family Climacteridae, which is sometimes considered a subfamily of the Sittidae (nuthatches) or the Meliphagidae (honeyeaters); formerly, these creepers were included in the family Certhiidae. The Australian treecreepers have brush-tipped tongues and behave rather like honeyeaters, although they resemble certhiids in…
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