Feeding
The White-throated Treecreeper is predominantly insectivorous, eating mainly ants, although will eat also nectar. A 2007 study in the Australian Capital Territory showed the White-throated Treecreeper preferred foraging on the rough-barked eucalypt, the Red Stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha), rather than the smooth barked species, the Inland Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus rossii). Birds would glean (take prey while bird is perched) and peer, as well as drill in dead wood, for insects.
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