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Common Bronzewing
Phaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790)
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Common Bronzewing, Phaps chalcoptera, lives in Australia and Tasmania. It is a pigeon of the Columbidae family, and it is one of Australia’s most familiar pigeons. It can use almost any habitat, apart from very dry country and thick rainforest. It is usually wary and may be seen alone, in pairs or in flocks, and it is seldom far from water. Its wings show red, blue and green patches, and adults have a pale forehead, a pink breast and a clear white ring around the eye.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Australia and Tasmania
