White-browed Treecreeper

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White-browed Treecreeper
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Climacteridae Genus: Climacteris Species: C. affinis
Binomial name
Climacteris affinis Blyth, 1864

The White-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris affinis) is a species of bird in the Climacteridae family. It is endemic to Australia.

[edit] Conservation Status

White-browed Treecreepers are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. However, their conservation status varies from state to state within Australia. For example:

• The White-browed Treecreeper is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988).^[1] Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has been prepared.^[2]

• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the White-browed Treecreeper is listed as vulnerable.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
2. ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
3. ^ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (2007). Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007. East Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Sustainability and Environment, 15. ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0. 

• BirdLife International 2004. Climacteris affinis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.