The Brown Treecreeper, Climacteris picumnus, is native to eastern Australia and is the largest of the Australian Treecreepers. As the name implies it habitually creeps up the trunks of trees looking for small invertebrates to eat. It is quite noisy and can be found by listening for it.
Classification:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Climacteridae
Genus: Climacteris
Species: C. picumnus
Photos:
Brown Treecreeper
"This Brown Treecreeper was fluffed up in the early morning cold and looked nearly twice its normal size."
Photo courtesy of 0ystercatcher
Brown Treecreeper
"Showing the strong wing markings that Jack pointed out as an aid to ID, only visible in flight."
Photo courtesy of aaardvaark
