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Phaps

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderColumbiformes
  5. FamilyColumbidae
Observations recorded431,390

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
7
With media
2
Family
Columbidae
Collections
ANWC, SAMA
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Columbinae
Image
Bronze wing444.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Phaps
taxon name
Phaps
topic's main category
Category:Phaps
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Encyclopedic overview

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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 wild pigeon.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phaps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.