Phaps

Phaps
Brush bronzewing on nest
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Subfamily:	Columbinae
Genus:	Phaps Selby, 1835
Species
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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]

Genus Phaps – Selby, 1835 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Common bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera (Latham, 1790)	Australia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Brush bronzewing	Phaps elegans (Temminck, 1809)	Australia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Flock bronzewing	Phaps histrionica (Gould, 1841)	Australia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Selby, Prideaux John (1835). Pigeons. The Naturalist's Library. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. p. 194.
2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 117.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 March 2020.