Australian Bronzewings
Phaps
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 (φάψ) is the Ancient Greek word for a wild pigeon.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Common Bronzewing
speciesPhaps chalcoptera
Brush Bronzewing
speciesPhaps elegans
Flock Bronzewing
speciesPhaps histrionica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3333.