#phaps elegans

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Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)

© Greg Miles

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Brush bronzewing 

The brush bronzewing (Phaps elegans) is a species of Australian pigeon with a gorgeous splash of iridescent color on its wings. After reports of animals dying after eating these beautiful birds, scientists learned that brush bronzewings' flesh is toxic.

(Image credit: JJ Harrison (CC-BY 4.0))

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Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)

© Allan Drewitt

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#469, a brush bronzewing for @oniongrass.

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Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)

© Rob Drummond

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Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)

© Greg Miles

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Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)

© Roy Burgess

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Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans)

© Frédéric PELSY