Description
Colour lithograph of bronze wings, from Broinowski’s, Birds of Australia, one of the three most important C19th studies of Australian ornithology.
Common name: Common bronzewing
Modern binomial name: Phaps (Phaps) chalcoptera
First described: Latham 1790
Distribution: Australia wide
Common name: Brush Bronzewing
Modern binomial name: Phaps (Phaps) elegans
First described: Temminck, 1809
Distribution: WA, Sa, VIC, TAS, NSW, QLD
Phaps Chalcoptera. Common Bronze Wing. Phaps Elegans. Brush Bronze Wing.
