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ForestPlatform nestLarge · 331 g
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Males of the species have pale-yellow to yellow-white foreheads, and pink breasts. Both males and females have an easily discernible white line around and proximate to their eyes. Common bronzewings also have patches of red, blue and green on their wings, a feature which is characteristic of all bronzewing pigeons. Young birds are usually duller in colour and browner than the mature common bronzewing. Rarely found far from a source of water, common bronzewings either travel alone or in pairs or in flocks, and are usually cautious, making approach by humans or other animals difficult.
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When to see the Common Bronzewing
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Common Bronzewing
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Common Bronzewing
The common bronzewing is a species of medium-sized, heavily built pigeon. Native to Australia and one of the country's most common pigeons, the common bronzewing is able to live in almost any habitat, with the possible exception of very barren areas and dense rainforests. Its advertising call is an extraordinary mournful whooo repeated at metronomic intervals.
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Easily confused with
Brush BronzewingPhaps elegansThe brush bronzewing is similar in size and shape to the closely related common bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera), however it's shorter and stockier in appearance.
Flock BronzewingPhaps histrionicaThe flock bronzewing is the most nomadic of the Australian pigeons, and it is difficult to mistake for other Australian species.
Side by side: Brush Bronzewing vs Common Bronzewing
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