Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
New Guinea Bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons) - HBW 4, p. 152
French: Colombine à front blanc
German: Weißstirntaube
Spanish: Paloma-bronce Frentiblanca
Other common names: Black/White-capped/Long-billed Bronzewing, White-capped Ground Pigeon, Jungle Bronzewing Pigeon
Taxonomy: Henicophaps albifrons G. R. Gray, 1862, Waigeo.
Distinctive genus belonging to the large radiation of bronzewings; may be most closely allied to Chalcophaps. Present species forms a superspecies with H. foersteri. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albifrons G. R. Gray, 1862 - W Papuan Is (Waigeo, Salawati, Misool), New Guinea and Yapen I.
- schlegeli (Rosenberg, 1866) - Aru Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a branch Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp albifrons)
Keith Blomerley 23 August 2008 3 years ago 23 sec 2.5
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Bird on the ground
Locality Belgium
Johannes Pfleiderer 4 July 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
An adult male sitting on a branch.
Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Tomasz Doroń 28 September 2010 1 year ago 2.5 -
Male bird perched on a branch
Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (Monotypic species)
Johannes Pfleiderer 16 August 2007 2 years ago 2
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