Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family. Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek cormos (κορµός, ‘tree trunk’) and bates (βάτης, ‘one who treads’). It contains the following species: \n* White-throated treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea) \n* Papuan treecreeper (Cormobates placens)