Common bronzewing vs Flock bronzewing
The common bronzewing is heavier: 330.7 g against 289 g for the flock bronzewing, about 14% more.
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What is the difference between a common bronzewing and a flock bronzewing?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common bronzewing is heavier: 330.7 g against 289 g for the flock bronzewing, about 14% more.
- Both belong to the genus Phaps, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
- They are on record for 1 of the same countries (the common bronzewing for 1 in total, the flock bronzewing for 1). Country data is incomplete and can include zoos, so this does not show whether they meet in the wild.
Side by side
| Common bronzewing | Flock bronzewing | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Phaps chalcoptera | Phaps histrionica |
| Family | Columbidae | Columbidae |
| Order | Columbiformes | Columbiformes |
| Weight | 327.5 g – 347.5 g | 285.4 g – 293 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | grassland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | 1 | 1 |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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