Phaps

Phaps is a genus of bronzewing pigeons in the family Columbidae that are native to Australia.

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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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.