White-throated Treecreeper

SCI Name:  Cormobates leucophaea
Protonym:  Certhia leucophaea Suppl.ind.orn. p.xxxvi
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Climacteridae / Cormobates
Taxonomy Code:  whttre3
Type Locality:  Sydney, New South Wales.
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1801
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CORMOBATES
(Climacteridae; Ϯ White-throated Treecreeper C. leucophaea) Gr. κορμος kormos  tree-trunk, log; βατης batēs  walker   < βατεω bateō  to tread  < βαινω bainō  to walk; "The type of Climacteris is not by original designation as the genus included two species, and Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed., p. 18, 1840, selected C. picumnus. Through the confusion of the names, picumnus being used for the bird now known as leucophœa, a new name was given to picumnus Temm., which was wrong. I now propose the genus name Cormobates for Latham's Certhia leucophœa as determined as equivalent to Climacteris scandens Temminck and Laugier and a rearrangement of names and also forms is necessary" (Mathews 1922); "Cormobates Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 6, July 17th, 1922.  Type (by original designation): Certhia leucophœa Lath." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 694).

leucophaea
Gr. λευκοφαης leukophaēs  white-gleaming, shining white  < λευκος leukos  white; φαινω phainō  to shine (cf. λευκος leukos  white; φαιος phaios  dusky, brown).
● ex “Dirigang Creeper” of Latham 1801 (Cormobates).

SUBSPECIES

White-throated Treecreeper (Little)
SCI Name: Cormobates leucophaea minor
minor
L. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small. “Comparative names ... Specific names expressive of comparative size are also to be avoided, as they may be rendered inaccurate by the after-discovery of additional species. The names ... maximus, minor, minimus, etc. are examples of this objectionable practice” (Strickland Code 1842).
● ex “Short-eared Owl” of Pennant 1761 (syn. Asio flammeus).
● ex “Little Thrush” of Catesby 1731-1743, Edwards 1758-1764, Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785, “Turdus iliacus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Grivette de l’Amérique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Catharus fuscescens).
● ex “Whip-poor-will” of Catesby 1731 (Chordeiles).
● ex “Coucou des palétuviers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 813, “Petit Vieillard” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Mangrove Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (Coccyzus).
● "54. PICUS.  ...  minor.  12. P. albo nigroque varius vertice rubro, ano albido.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus seminigris. Fn. svec. 83. Hasselqv. iter. 242.  Picus varius tertius. Raj. av. 43.  Picus varius minor. Alb. av. I. p. 20. t. 20.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Dryobates).
● ex “Fregata minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Frégate” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Man of War Bird” of Edwards 1760, and “Lesser Frigate Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Fregata).
● ex “Petit Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 242 (Indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièsche d’Italie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 32, fig. 1 (Lanius).
● ex “Perruche à ailes noires” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Petite perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 4ème ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Luzonian Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Loriculus philippensis).
● ex “Apiaster Philippensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Merops viridis americanus).
● ex “Little Woodcock” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Microptera).
● ex “Troupiale de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 1, “Petit Troupiale noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lesser black Oriole” of Latham 1782 (syn. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Lesser Bird of Paradise” of Latham 1783 (Paradisaea).
● ex “Barbican à ventre rose” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogonornis).
● ex “Porphyrio minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Porphyrula martinica).
● ex “Colymbus fluviatilis” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
● ex “Huppe d’Afrique” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (syn. Upupa africana).
● ex “Ringvia” of Brünnich 1764, and “Lesser Guillemot” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Uria aalge).

White-throated Treecreeper (White-throated)
SCI Name: Cormobates leucophaea [leucophaea Group]
CORMOBATES
(Climacteridae; Ϯ White-throated Treecreeper C. leucophaea) Gr. κορμος kormos  tree-trunk, log; βατης batēs  walker   < βατεω bateō  to tread  < βαινω bainō  to walk; "The type of Climacteris is not by original designation as the genus included two species, and Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed., p. 18, 1840, selected C. picumnus. Through the confusion of the names, picumnus being used for the bird now known as leucophœa, a new name was given to picumnus Temm., which was wrong. I now propose the genus name Cormobates for Latham's Certhia leucophœa as determined as equivalent to Climacteris scandens Temminck and Laugier and a rearrangement of names and also forms is necessary" (Mathews 1922); "Cormobates Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. v. p. 6, July 17th, 1922.  Type (by original designation): Certhia leucophœa Lath." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 694).