Black-tailed Treecreeper
Climacteris melanurusGould, J, 1843
English (US) Black-tailed Treecreeper
The Black-tailed Treecreeper (Climacteris melanurus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Climacteridae (Australasian Treecreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Climacteris melanurus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-tailed Treecreeper
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1843
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Climacteris melanurus melanurus
- Climacteris melanurus wellsi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Climacteris melanura
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1843
- Type locality
- northwest coast [= Derby, northwestern Australia, fide Mathews, 1930, Syst. Avium Austral., 2, p. 693].
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.10, no.117 p.138
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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