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Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera |
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Numbers varied widely from year to year, partly because they were recorded from relatively few sites. This may be the cause for high numbers in 1993-94. When all years are combined there is a clear seasonal trend of a July minimum, rising to a maximum in February. Breeding records are only from Cook in 1984-87, even though that site was surveyed for 14 years. Nests were recorded from late September to late November and dependent young from mid-November to mid-December. R=86. BR=57.
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The Common Bronzewing inhabits woodland with a scrubby understorey and is not well suited to suburban areas. It comes into the suburbs singly or in small groups to feed under wattle trees, particularly after the shedding of seed. However, the species may sometimes feed in quite open areas. 
