The black-tailed treecreeper (''Climacteris melanurus'') is a species of

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in the family

Climacteridae There are seven species of Australasian treecreeper in the passerine bird family Climacteridae. They are medium-small, mostly brown birds with patterning on their underparts, and all are endemic to Australia-New Guinea. They resemble, but are n ...

. It is

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to north and northwestern Australia. Its natural

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s are temperate

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s and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Description

Both sexes are dark brown and black-tailed. The male has a black throat while the female has a white throat.

Breeding

They participate in cooperative breeding, in which multiple individuals assist in raising young—not just the biological parents. They likely reach sexual maturity around 2 years old.

References

black-tailed treecreeper Birds of the Northern Territory Birds of Western Australia Endemic birds of Australia black-tailed treecreeper Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by John Gould {{passeri-stub