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Henicophaps albifrons schlegeli


New Guinea Bronzewing
Paloma-bronce Frentiblanca

Family: Columbidae
Order: Columbiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


The New Guinea bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons) is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Taxonomy and systematics: The New Guinea bronzewing was described and given the binomial name Henicophaps albifrons by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1862 from a specimen that had been collected by the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on the island of Waigeo, northwest New Guinea. The specific epithet combines the Latin albus meaning "white" and frons meaning "forehead" or "front".

Two subspecies are recognised:
  • H. a. albifrons Gray, GR, 1862 – west Papuan islands, New Guinea, Yapen Island (off northwest New Guinea)
  • H. a. schlegeli (von Rosenberg, HKB, 1866) – Aru Islands (southwest of New Guinea)

Source: Wikipedia, article Henicophaps albifrons. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. New Guinea Bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 22/09/2026.