Red-browed Treecreeper

Red-browed Treecreeper

Climacteris erythrops

Silhouette: Ferran Sayol · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Blue Mountains National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

270 Verified sightings at Blue Mountains National Park From 2019 to 2026
480 In all 4 parks
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Red-browed Treecreeper

The red-browed treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops) is a species of bird in the family Climacteridae. It is endemic to temperate and subtropical eastern Australia. It is found in mature eucalypt forests and woodlands in both coastal and mountainous regions, from central Victoria to south-eastern Queensland.

It feeds on Invertebrates. It has a dark brown back and a red brow above its eye. Image and Classification at Animal Diversity Web Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:10

Australia · 2026

© Marc Anderson · XC1085225 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call0:13

Australia · 2011

© Patrik Åberg · XC98376 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

Recording0:40

Australia · 2025

© JFM · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
2 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
3 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Red-browed Treecreeper in Blue Mountains National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-browed Treecreeper sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 270 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 80th most-seen of the 196 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Red-browed Treecreeper in Blue Mountains National Park?

May, July and September–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-browed Treecreeper in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August and December–April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Red-browed Treecreeper?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-browed Treecreeper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Blue Mountains National Park the best place to see a Red-browed Treecreeper?

Among the best

Of the 4 parks where we can rate Red-browed Treecreeper sightings, Blue Mountains National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Lamington National Park (Australia, about 10%).

Where does the Red-browed Treecreeper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Red-browed Treecreeper is recorded against all the birds logged in Blue Mountains National Park (270 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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