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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The Red-browed Treecreeper has grey back and wings with broad brown area in middle of back. The head is grey with reddish brown stripe around the eye. The underside is dark heavily streaked with paler grey. The female has some reddish colouring on upper chest. Juveniles do not have red eye stripe and have no streaking on chest and bely.
Size
15 cm
Habitat
wet eucalypt forest, dry eucalypt forest
Food
insects and other invertebrates found on trees and logs
Breeding
The nest is made of bark, grass and lined with soft material such as fur, and is built in hollow of tree trunk or branch.
Range
The Red-browed Treecreeper is found in south east Queensland, eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Climacteridae | | Genus: | Climacteris | | Species: | erythrops | | Common Name: | Red-browed Treecreeper |
Relatives in same Genus
White-browed Treecreeper (C. affinis)
Brown Treecreeper (C. picumnus)
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