New Britain Bronzewing - BirdForum Opus

Henicophaps foersteri

Identification

38cm.

• Buffy forehead merging with rufous crown, hindneck, upper mantle and sides of breast
• Sooty grey to purple rest of wings and tail
• Whitish buff throat to auriculars
• Buff rest of underparts
• Blackish brown bill
• Red legs and feet

Sexes similar. Females with tinged rusty brown underparts and smaller bill.

Distribution

	Found in the southern parts of the Bismarck Archipelago on Umboi, New Britain and Lolobau. Considered rare.
	Legend • H. foersteri; year-round

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It forms a superspecies with New Guinea Bronzewing.

Habitat

Moist lowland forest. Also in hills and lower mountains.

Behaviour

Biology virtually unknown.
No information on diet. Forages principally on the ground, presumably similar diet and feeding like New Guinea Bronzewing.
The nest is said to be placed low in a small tree or in a shrub. Lays 2 egg.
No information on movements.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1997. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334221

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) New Britain Bronzewing. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/New_Britain_Bronzewing

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