Papuan treecreeper

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| name = Papuan treecreeper

| image = Cormobates placens by John Gould.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Cormobates placens |volume=2016 |page=e.T22703557A93928030 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703557A93928030.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Cormobates

| species = placens

| authority = (Sclater, PL, 1874)

| synonyms =

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The Papuan treecreeper (Cormobates placens) is a species of bird in the family Climacteridae.[http://www.hbw.com/species/papuan-treecreeper-cormobates-placens "Papuan Treecreeper (Cormobates placens)"] Handbook of the Birds of the World. Retrieved 2014-3-23. It was previously considered a subspecies of the white-throated treecreeper (C. leucophaea).{{cite book |title=Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds|vauthors=Christidis L, Boles WE |year=2008 |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |location=Canberra |isbn=978-0-643-06511-6 |pages=179}}

It is found in the highlands of New Guinea.