Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family.
Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek cormos (κορµός, ‘tree trunk’)[2] and bates (βάτης, ‘one who treads’).[3][4]
↑Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. A & C Black. p.118. ISBN978-1-4081-2878-7. Gr. kormos tree-trunk, log; batēs treader, walker (bainō to tread).