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Papuan Treecreeper
Cormobates placens (Sclater, PL, 1874)
Climacteridae — Australasian Treecreepers
Papuan Treecreeper, Cormobates placens, is a bird of the Climacteridae family found in the montane parts of New Guinea. It occurs in the highlands there and is part of the Australasian treecreepers. Formerly treated as a subspecies of the White-throated Treecreeper, it is now recognised as a separate species. Described by Sclater in 1874, it belongs to the passerines and is associated with Australasia through its New Guinea breeding range.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Climacteridae — Australasian Treecreepers
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane New Guinea
