Biology:Cormobates
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Short description: Genus of birds
| 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
| |
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]
It contains the following species:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cormobates leucophaea | White-throated treecreeper | eastern Australia | |
| Cormobates placens | Papuan treecreeper | New Guinea. |
References
- ↑ "Climacteridae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=117.
- ↑ cormo- (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=cormo- (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ βάτης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project: ‘one that treads or covers’
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. A & C Black. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-4081-2878-7. "Gr. kormos tree-trunk, log; batēs treader, walker (bainō to tread)."
Wikidata ☰ Q869123 entry
