Phaps
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Columbinae |
| Genus: | Phaps Selby, 1835 |
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Phaps is a genus of bronzewing pigeons in the family Columbidae that are native to Australia.
The genus was introduced in 1835 by the English naturalist Prideaux John Selby with the common bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name Phaps (φάψ) is the Ancient Greek word for a wild pigeon.[3]
The genus contains three species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Common bronzewing
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Phaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790) |
Australia
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| Brush bronzewing
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Phaps elegans (Temminck, 1809) |
Australia
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Flock bronzewing
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Phaps histrionica (Gould, 1841) |
Australia | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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References
- ^ Selby, Prideaux John (1835). Pigeons. The Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. p. 194.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 117.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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