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title: "White-throated Treecreeper"
description: "Cormobates leucophaea — Birds. The white-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) is an Australian treecreeper found in the forests of eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-throated-treecreeper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White-throated Treecreeper

> Cormobates leucophaea — Birds. The white-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) is an Australian treecreeper found in the forests of eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Cormobates leucophaea*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 7292
- Wikidata: [Q303172](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q303172)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7794](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7794)

## Names

- en: White-throated Treecreeper
- de: Weißkehlbaumrutscher
- es: Corretroncos Gorjiblanco
- fr: Échelet leucophée
- nl: Witkeelkruiper
- pl: Korołaz białogardły

## Countries with the most observations

AU (6971)

## Summary

The white-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) is an Australian treecreeper found in the forests of eastern Australia. It is also called Dilmun in the Gathang language of the Worimi people, who reside in eastern Port Stephens and Great Lakes regions of coastal New South Wales, Australia. The Dilmun is the totem of Worimi women. It is unrelated to the northern hemisphere treecreepers. It is a small passerine bird with predominantly brown and white plumage and measuring some 15 cm (6 in) long on average. It is insectivorous, eating mainly ants. Unlike treecreepers of the genus Climacteris, the white-throated…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-throated_treecreeper

## Photo

![White-throated Treecreeper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-throated-treecreeper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107103875

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-throated-treecreeper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).