Cormobates
| Cormobates | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Climacteridae |
| Genus: | Cormobates Mathews, 1922 |
Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family. Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek cormos (κορµός, ‘tree trunk’)[1] and bates (βάτης, ‘one who treads’).[2][3]
It contains the following species:
- White-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
- Papuan treecreeper (Cormobates placens)
References
- ↑ "cormo-". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ βάτης. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project: ‘one that treads or covers’
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. A & C Black. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-4081-2878-7.
Gr. kormos tree-trunk, log; batēs treader, walker (bainō to tread).
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