Cormobates
Genus of birds
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Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family. Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek cormos (κορµός, ‘tree trunk’)[2] and bates (βάτης, ‘one who treads’).[3][4]
| Cormobates | |
|---|---|
| |
| White-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Climacteridae |
| Genus: | Cormobates Mathews, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Certhia leucophaea[1] Latham, 1801 | |
It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cormobates leucophaea | White-throated treecreeper | eastern Australia |
| Cormobates placens | Papuan treecreeper | New Guinea. | |
