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Scientific Name : Phaps chalcoptera Common Name : Common bronzewing Description : A medium-sized pigeon to 350mm. The back and tail are light brown, with a broad blackish band across the tip of the tail. The underparts are pinkish-buff, right up to the throat. The face has a white stripe just below the eye and the forehead is cream on the male, grey on the female. The most distinguishing feature is the large patch of green/bronze, with a metallic sheen, on the shoulder of the wing. Habitat : Dry open forests and open country with scattered trees. Distribution : Throughout Australia, except Cape York Peninsula. In the Park, it is probably fairly common in the Fosters Gully section, though hard to separate from the similar Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans. Not yet recorded from the Billys Creek section. Family : Columbidae

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Female common bronzewing.
January 23rd 1995

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