Hume's treecreeper (''Certhia manipurensis'') was earlier included within the brown-throated treecreeper complex and identified as a separate species on the basis of their distinctive calls. This species in the

treecreeper The treecreepers are a family, Certhiidae, of small passerine birds, widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere and sub-Saharan Africa. The family contains eleven species in two genera, '' Certhia'' and '' Salpornis''. Their plumage ...

family is found in

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, Shan Mountains, Northern Thailand, Laos and the Dalat Plateau. This form has a rich cinnamon throat and breast with support for their status coming from nd molecular evidence and calls. The name commemorates the British naturalist

Allan Octavian Hume Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a British civil servant, political reformer, ornithologist and botanist who worked in British India. He was the founder of the Indian National Congress. A notable ornithologist, Hum ...

who worked in

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References

*Harrap and Quinn, ''Tits, Nuthatches and Treecreepers'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q3728951 Hume's treecreeper Indomalayan realm fauna Birds of Northeast India Birds of Laos Birds of Myanmar Birds of Yunnan Hume's treecreeper Birds of Thailand