Rufous treecreeper
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Climacteridae |
| Genus: | Climacteris |
| Species: | C. rufus |
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Climacteris rufus Gould, 1841 |
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The rufous treecreeper (Climacteris rufus) is a species of bird in the family Climacteridae. It is endemic to Australia.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is gray with a rufous face and breast and brown back. The male has dark streaks on his breast while the female has pale streaks.
It forages on the trunks and branches of Eucalyptus trees for insects.
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