Cormobates
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Genus: | Cormobates Mathews, 1922
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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 (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution 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).