Brown Treecreeper
Climacteris picumnus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyClimacteridae (Australasian Treecreepers)
- GenusClimacteris (Typical Australian Treecreepers)
- SpeciesClimacteris picumnus (Brown Treecreeper)
The brown treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus) is the largest Australasian treecreeper. The bird, endemic to eastern Australia, has a broad distribution, occupying areas from Cape York, Queensland, throughout New South Wales and Victoria to Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Prevalent nowadays between 16˚S and 38˚S, the population has contracted from the edges of its pre-European range, declining in Adelaide and Cape York. Found in a diverse range of habitats varying from coastal forests to mallee shrub-lands, the brown treecreeper often occupies eucalypt-dominated woodland habitats up to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), avoiding areas with a dense shrubby understorey. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Treecreeper sighting in Kosciuszko National Park, based on 29 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kosciuszko National Park
Red-browed Treecreeper
Climacteris erythrops
White-throated Treecreeper
Cormobates leucophaea
Grey Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
Pied Currawong
Strepera graculina
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Caligavis chrysops
Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla
Superb Fairywren
Malurus cyaneus
Gray Shrikethrush
Colluricincla harmonica
White-browed Scrubwren
Sericornis frontalis
Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
Spotted Pardalote
Pardalotus punctatus
Red Wattlebird
Anthochaera carunculata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Treecreeper in Kosciuszko National Park?
About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Treecreeper sighting in Kosciuszko National Park, based on 29 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Brown Treecreeper in Kosciuszko National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Brown Treecreeper in Kosciuszko National Park in our monthly data.