The genus Chalcophaps was introduced by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1843.[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" and phaps meaning "pigeon".[3] The type species is the common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica).[4]
The genus contains three species:[5]
Genus Chalcophaps – Gould, 1843 – three species
| Common name |
Scientific name and subspecies |
Range |
Size and ecology |
IUCN status and estimated population |
| Common emerald dove or grey-capped emerald dove[6]
|
Chalcophaps indica
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
India to south China, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesian and west Papuan islands |
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| Pacific emerald dove or brown-capped emerald dove[6]
|
Chalcophaps longirostris
Gould, 1848
|
Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, New Guinea, Santa Cruz and Banks Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia |
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| Stephan's emerald dove
|
Chalcophaps stephani
Reichenbach, 1851 |
Sulawesi, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. |
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Members of this genus are small and short-tailed.[7]
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