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Brush Bronzewing

(Phaps elegans)
Alternate name(s): "Brush Bronze-wing Pigeon", "Little Bronze Pigeon"
Aboriginal name(s): Race "occidentalis": "ooda*", "moorytch*" (WA)

Size: 25-33 cm
Weight: 150-250 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Brush Bronzewing at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "elegans"

ADULT

MALE

Near-frontal view of a male Brush Bronzewing; note the deep red-brown mantle and chin patch (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Salt Creek, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Near-frontal view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Salt Creek, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Near-lateral view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Salt Creek, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Lateral view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Salt Creek, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Near-dorsal view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Salt Creek, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Near-dorsal view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Salt Creek, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

Near-dorsal view of a male Brush Bronzewing, now turning the other way (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Ensay North, East Gippsland, VIC, January 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of R. Plumtree)
[Ensay North, East Gippsland, VIC, January 2018]

Lateral view of a male Brush Bronzewing together with a female Common Bronzewing (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Salt Creek, Coorong, SA, April 2022]

PAIR

Pair of Brush Bronzewings in captivity, with the male on the right (photo courtesy of C. Hayne)

Race "occidentalis"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Brush Bronzewing; note the bright rufous forehead (photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Near-frontal view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Near-frontal view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Lateral view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Close-up lateral view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Close-up near-dorsal view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Close-up near-dorsal view of a male Brush Bronzewing (photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Near-lateral comparison of a male Brush Bronzewing, front right, with a female Common Bronzewing
(photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

FEMALE

Near-frontal view of a female Brush Bronzewing; note the light-grey forehead (photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

PAIR

Lateral view of a pair of Brush Bronzewings, male on the left; in the foreground, for comparison, a Rock Parrot
(photo courtesy of J. Greves)
[Cheynes Beach, Albany, WA, June 2020]

Food, Diet

Adults: Seeds Dependents: Regurgitated seeds Water intake: Daily

All pigeons and doves are strictly vegetarian. Brush Bronzewings are seed-eaters.

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Doves and pigeons do not, like other birds, open their bills when calling, but they rather "hum" through their noses, with the bill closed.

bbrwing_me_20210928.m4a (TAS) Contact calls (male) © ME
bbrwing_me_20210928_NR.m4a (TAS) Contact calls (male); bkgd removed © ME

More Brush Bronzewing sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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