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title: "Brush Bronzewing"
description: "Phaps elegans — Birds. The brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans) is a species of bird in the pigeon family, Columbidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brush-bronzewing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brush Bronzewing

> Phaps elegans — Birds. The brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans) is a species of bird in the pigeon family, Columbidae.

- Scientific name: *Phaps elegans*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 958
- Wikidata: [Q913892](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913892)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3336](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3336)

## Names

- en: Brush Bronzewing
- de: Buschtaube
- es: Paloma Bronce Elegante
- fr: Colombine élégante
- nl: Struikbronsvleugelduif
- pt: Rola-elegante
- pl: Błyskolotka mała

## Countries with the most observations

AU (878)

## Summary

The brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans) is a species of bird in the pigeon family, Columbidae. It is endemic to Australia, with two biogeographically distinct subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_bronzewing

## Photo

![Brush Bronzewing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brush-bronzewing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172833029

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brush-bronzewing?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).