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New Guinea bronzewing

Henicophaps albifrons G. R. Gray, 1862

LCLeast Concernbirds

The new guinea bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons) is a species in the family Columbidae, order Columbiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 247 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

New Guinea bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons)
Photo: Joseph Wolf · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the new guinea bronzewing

Weight
247 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
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 new guinea 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 new guinea 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the new guinea bronzewing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The New Guinea bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons) is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.

It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

From the Wikipedia article “New Guinea bronzewing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Guinea_bronzewing&oldid=1314898553), 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 new guinea bronzewing endangered?

The new guinea 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. What the categories mean.

How is the new guinea bronzewing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderColumbiformes
  5. familyColumbidae
  6. genusHenicophaps
  7. SpeciesHenicophaps albifrons G. R. Gray, 1862
Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • برونزي الجناح غينيا الجديدةArabic
  • حمام غينيا الجديدة برونزي الجناحArabic
  • colom bronzat de Nova GuineaCatalan
  • holub černobronzovýCzech
  • adeinefydd duWelsh
  • Ny Guinea-bronzevingeDanish
  • WeißstirntaubeGerman
  • WeißscheiteltaubeGerman
  • novgvinea bronzkolomboEsperanto
  • Paloma bronce frentiblancaSpanish
  • paapua küüdustuviEstonian
  • tummapronssikyyhkyFinnish
  • Colombine à front blancFrench
  • Hénicophaps à front blancFrench
  • brončanokrili golubCroatian
  • új-guineai bronzgalambHungarian
  • Delimukan tembagaIndonesian
  • Alabronzo papuaItalian
  • ハシナガバトJapanese
  • baltakepuris bronzinis karvelisLithuanian
  • Zwarte BronsvleugelduifDutch
  • papuabronsedueNorwegian
  • cudolotka białoczelnaPolish
  • نیوگنی کگیWestern Panjabi
  • rola-da-nova-guinéPortuguese
  • pombo-bronze-de-testa-brancaPortuguese
  • Новогвинейский бронзовокрылRussian
  • Белошапочный бронзовокрылый голубьRussian
  • blyskavec bielohlavýSlovak
  • Novogvinejski bronzokrili golubSerbian
  • svart bronsvingeduvaSwedish
  • Kurşuni Bronz KumruTurkish
  • голуб-бронзовокрил білолобийUkrainian
  • 白頂孤鳩Chinese
  • 白顶地鸽Chinese

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Relatives of the new guinea bronzewing

Other species in the same genus Henicophaps.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the new guinea bronzewing?

An adult new guinea bronzewing weighs 247 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the new guinea bronzewing live?

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

Is the new guinea bronzewing endangered?

The new guinea 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 new guinea bronzewing?

The new guinea bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{new_guinea_bronzewing_2026,
  title = {New Guinea bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/new-guinea-bronzewing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}