The Rufous Treecreeper is distributed from south and south-central Western Australia to the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in open woodland and jarrah forest. This bird was photographed on what I think was a jarrah Eucalyptus marginata tree.

The male has black edges to the streaks on the upper breast unlike the female in photos 1 and 2 where the streaks are edged with reddish-chestnut.

The high-pitched "tseet" in its call resembles Morse code.