Phaps chalcoptera

1 Common Bronzewing at Red Hill, ACT

Phaps chalcoptera at Red Hill, ACT - 24 Mar 2018
Phaps chalcoptera at Red Hill, ACT - 24 Mar 2018
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Identification history

Phaps chalcoptera 28 Mar 2018 ChrisDavey
Phaps chalcoptera 26 Mar 2018 roymcd

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User's notes

At first glance this looks like the 'birds and the bees' but it's actually a large chick almost ready to fledge. (Successfully fledged on 26 March 2018).

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ChrisDavey wrote:
   29 Mar 2018
I agree, thought it was a pair but then noted the lack of white on the forehead of the younger bird. Chris

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  • 2 Abundance
  • 24 Mar 2018 04:01 PM Recorded on
  • roymcd Recorded by

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  • True Nesting site

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