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Bronze-winged Dove Found every where but dense rainforests.  Favours forests of mixed mulga and acacia as these provide seeds in all but driest conditions.  When the sun shines on these birds you can see where the name comes from. Australia,Common Bronzewing,Geotagged,Phaps chalcoptera Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Bronze-winged Dove

Found every where but dense rainforests. Favours forests of mixed mulga and acacia as these provide seeds in all but driest conditions. When the sun shines on these birds you can see where the name comes from.

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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 for an interminable length of time.

Similar species: Pigeons And Doves
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Graeme Ruck

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Uploaded Oct 22, 2013. Captured Oct 20, 2013 12:53 in 78 Railway Parade, Dandenong VIC 3175, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1024s
  • ISO400
  • 300mm