Phaps

Phaps
Bronze wing444.jpg
Brush bronzewing on nest
Scientific classification
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. The genus name Phaps is the Ancient Greek word for a pigeon.

The genus contains three species:



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