What is "cormobates"

Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family. Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek (, ‘tree trunk’) and (, ‘one who treads’).

It contains the following species:

• White-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
• Papuan treecreeper (Cormobates placens)