RUFOUS TREECREEPER

Photographed at Mount Stirling Retreat and Caravan Park, Western Australia, March 2015 

554        RUFOUS TREECREEPER              Climacteris rufa

Australia         (395)

Also known as 'woodpecker'. Endemic to s. WA/SA: n. to Shark Bay, inland to Laverton-Vokes Hill, e. to Eyre Pen. (SA) except for unsuitable habitat on Nullarbor. Found in jarrah-karri forests in humid sw WA; timber on watercourses; golf courses, parks; wandoo and salmon-gum woodland associations. 15-17.5 cm.