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Brush bronzewing

Phaps elegans (Temminck, 1809)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 203.7 g to 219 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans)
Photo: rlawrenz · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brush bronzewing

Weight
203.7 g – 219 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
16 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the brush bronzewing live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The brush bronzewing is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the brush bronzewing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans) is a species of bird in the pigeon family, Columbidae. It is endemic to Australia, with two biogeographically distinct subspecies.

From the Wikipedia article “Brush bronzewing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brush_bronzewing&oldid=1364138370), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brush bronzewing endangered?

The brush bronzewing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the brush bronzewing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusPhaps
  7. SpeciesPhaps elegans (Temminck, 1809)

Synonyms Columba elegans

Other names and names in other languages (41)
  • فقعى دغليةArabic
  • برونزي الجناح الدغليArabic
  • Turzhunell vistrBreton
  • colom bronzat elegantCatalan
  • holub pokřovníCzech
  • holub pestrokřídlýCzech
  • adeinefydd bachWelsh
  • Brunrygget BronzevingeDanish
  • BuschtaubeGerman
  • eleganta bronzkolomboEsperanto
  • Eleganta bronzflugiluloEsperanto
  • Paloma bronce eleganteSpanish
  • võsa-valjastuviEstonian
  • tiheikköpensaskyyhkyFinnish
  • Géopélie éléganteFrench
  • Colombine éléganteFrench
  • šarenokrili golubCroatian
  • vörhenyes bronzgalambHungarian
  • Tortora eleganteItalian
  • Alabronzo di macchiaItalian
  • Alibronzo di macchiaItalian
  • Piccione alibronzate eleganteItalian
  • チャノドニジハバトJapanese
  • krūminis fapsasLithuanian
  • Тӹшкӓ той шылдыран кӓдӹWestern Mari
  • StruikbronsvleugelduifDutch
  • krattglansdueNorwegian
  • błyskolotka małaPolish
  • چاڑی کانسی کھمبWestern Panjabi
  • rola-elegantePortuguese
  • pombo-bronze-elegantePortuguese
  • Элегантный бронзовокрылRussian
  • Кустарниковый бронзовокрылый голубь-фапсRussian
  • blyskavec ozdobnýSlovak
  • Šibljački bronzokrili golubSerbian
  • grönvingad spegelduvaSwedish
  • Kara Boğazlı Bronz KumruTurkish
  • фапс малийUkrainian
  • guwadagangxdk
  • 林銅翅鳩Chinese
  • 灌丛铜翅鸠Chinese

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Relatives of the brush bronzewing

Other species in the same genus Phaps.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brush bronzewing?

An adult brush bronzewing weighs 203.7 g – 219 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the brush bronzewing live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the brush bronzewing for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the brush bronzewing endangered?

The brush bronzewing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the brush bronzewing?

The brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans) belongs to the family Columbidae in the order Columbiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brush-bronzewing

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BibTeX
@misc{brush_bronzewing_2026,
  title = {Brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brush-bronzewing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}