Common. Common Bronzewing utters low, deep “ooom” as advertising call, while it slightly bows the head. Breeding in Australasia: Australia; can be seen in 1 country. While not an outstanding image, this is the first time I've managed to photograph this illusive bird (and identify it correctly), which I haven't seen in our valley for some time. The common bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) is a large, bulky pigeon with a small head, found in all parts of Australia bar some of the deep desert, Cape York Peninsula, and urban areas. Details Creator Raper, George, 1769-1796 Title [Common bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)] [picture] / [George Raper] Call Number PIC MSR 14/1/5 Box 5 #PIC/9838/11 Where does it live? Bright, metallic green and bronze wing patterns. Call 1: ‘oom’ call, with other small birds also calling Solid dull bronze underwing. Common Bronzewing – Phaps chalcoptera. Male has pale forehead, female has duller, greyer forehead. Its advertising call is an extraordinary mournful whooo repeated at metronomic intervals for an interminable length of time. The Common Bronzewing Pigeon gets it's name from its colouration and the fact that it's quite common. I spotted it on the side of our road, gently pulled up, prepared my phone and wound down the window, hoping it wouldn't fly… Voice: deep, monotonous ‘oom, oom, oom’. Resident. Yet their call can be readily heard over 100m away and once heard they can usually be tracked down - what a give away! Bronzewings are often encountered when they burst unexpectedly from cover near to you. Large, plump. The Common Bronzewing is found in all but the most arid areas and densest rainforests, and is one of the most abundant of Australia’s pigeons. It also gives softer, but more rapid version of the same sounds. Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) bird calls and sounds on dibird.com. On a recent trip to the High Country, I found these everywhere on the bush tracks, often following them for hundreds of metres as they took off and landed in front of my 4WD. Walking along the Casuarina Track leading down to the coast from the Mallacoota township, I saw quite a few birds including this pair of Common Bronzewing.This species is usually quite timid and with a panicked clatter of wings will take off through the trees and disappear quickly. Feed on ground, but wary and fly off with a clatter if approached. As a result, their beauty is often not fully appreciated. Male Common Bronzewing. Less often they may be seen with throated extended uttering their repetitive ‘oom’ calls from high in the canopy. Found throughout Australia. The common call is a deep “oom”, normally repeated several times. Clumsy / scatty. Photo: Keven WIlliams. This call is repeated several times in long series. 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