Birds
Pigeons and Doves
Sighting 4368523

Phaps chalcoptera

Common Bronzewing at Stirling, ACT

Phaps chalcoptera at Stirling, ACT - 24 Jan 2021
Phaps chalcoptera at Stirling, ACT - 24 Jan 2021
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Phaps chalcoptera 10 Feb 2021 natureguy
Spilopelia chinensis 24 Jan 2021 natureguy
Unidentified 24 Jan 2021 EggShell

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8 comments

EggShell wrote:
   24 Jan 2021
I have listened to some Spotted Dove calls on YouTube and the call I heard today was nothing like that. It was just one repetitive deep , muffled honking note. At first I thought it was a distant siren of some sort!
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Hey EggShell, have you tried listening to some Common Bronzewing calls? Let me know if that sounds more like what you heard.
EggShell wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Hi Matthew. Yes that’s it! Exactly what I heard. At first I thought it was some distant alarm because it was so repetitive and then I realised it was coming from a tree. 😀
natureguy wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Have confirmed as Common Bronzewing after further comment confirming the call.
EggShell wrote:
   10 Feb 2021
Thank you natureguy.
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   11 Feb 2021
It's a very strange call, hey EggShell, but you'll never forget it now.
EggShell wrote:
   11 Feb 2021
No I won’t. I’ve never heard it before and I hope to hear it again now 😊
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   12 Feb 2021
They are fairly common in Mt Taylor Nature Reserve, and I've heard them calling there before. I even saw one flying over the Tuggeranong Parkway earlier this week, from Mt Taylor and in the direction of Weston Creek.

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