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Flock bronzewing

Phaps histrionica (Gould, 1841)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The flock bronzewing (Phaps histrionica) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh 285.4 g to 293 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Flock bronzewing (Phaps histrionica)
Photo: G. Winterflood · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the flock bronzewing

Weight
285.4 g – 293 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
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 flock 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 flock 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 flock bronzewing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The flock bronzewing (Phaps histrionica), also known as the flock pigeon, harlequin bronzewing and the harlequin pigeon is a species of pigeon in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to drier parts of Australia.

From the Wikipedia article “Flock bronzewing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flock_bronzewing&oldid=1379733989), 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 flock bronzewing endangered?

The flock 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 flock bronzewing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusPhaps
  7. SpeciesPhaps histrionica (Gould, 1841)

Synonyms Histriophaps histrionica, Peristera histrionica, Phaps histrionica histrionica

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • فقعى سربيةArabic
  • برونزي الجناح السربيArabic
  • Turzhunell harlikinBreton
  • colom bronzat arlequíCatalan
  • holub harlekýnCzech
  • colomen heidiolWelsh
  • HarlekindueDanish
  • HarlekintaubeGerman
  • Harlekin-TaubeGerman
  • arlekena bronzkolomboEsperanto
  • Paloma bronce arlequínSpanish
  • parve-valjastuviEstonian
  • parvipensaskyyhkyFinnish
  • Géopélie arlequinFrench
  • Colombine arlequinFrench
  • šarenoglavi golubCroatian
  • harlekin galambHungarian
  • Alabronzo arlecchinoItalian
  • クマドリバトJapanese
  • bronzinis fapsasLithuanian
  • Арлекин той шылдыран кӓдӹWestern Mari
  • HarlekijnduifDutch
  • nomadedueNorwegian
  • błyskolotka maskowaPolish
  • اجڑ کانسی کھمبWestern Panjabi
  • rola-arlequimPortuguese
  • pombo-bronze-arlequimPortuguese
  • Масковый бронзовокрылRussian
  • Бронзовокрылый фапс-арлекинRussian
  • blyskavec kŕdľovýSlovak
  • Društveni bronzokrili golubSerbian
  • flockspegelduvaSwedish
  • Maskeli Bronz KumruTurkish
  • фапс білолобийUkrainian
  • 群聚銅翅鳩Chinese
  • 聚群铜翅鸠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the flock 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 flock bronzewing?

An adult flock bronzewing weighs 285.4 g – 293 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the flock bronzewing live?

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

Is the flock bronzewing endangered?

The flock 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 flock bronzewing?

The flock bronzewing (Phaps histrionica) 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). Flock bronzewing (Phaps histrionica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flock-bronzewing

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BibTeX
@misc{flock_bronzewing_2026,
  title = {Flock bronzewing (Phaps histrionica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flock-bronzewing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}