Cormobates Explained

Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family. Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:κορµός|κορµός]], ‘tree trunk’) and (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: βάτης, ‘one who treads’).^{[1] [2]}

It contains the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Cormobates leucophaea	White-throated treecreeper	eastern Australia
	Cormobates placens	Papuan treecreeper	New Guinea.

Notes and References

1. ‘one that treads or covers’

2. Book: Jobling, James A.. Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. 2010. A & C Black. 978-1-4081-2878-7. 118. Gr. kormos tree-trunk, log; batēs treader, walker (bainō to tread)..