Biology:Petrophassa

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Short description: Genus of birds

Petrophassa
Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis, Kakadu NP, Australia 5602.jpg
Petrophassa rufipennis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Columbinae
Genus: Petrophassa
Gould, 1841
Type species
Petrophassa albipennis[1]
Gould, 1841
Species

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Petrophassa, commonly known as the rock pigeons, is a small genus of doves in the family Columbidae native to Australia , and similar to bronzewing pigeons.

The genus was introduced in 1841 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould with the white-quilled rock pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) as the type species.[2][3] The genus name is a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek words petros, meaning "rock", and phassa, meaning "pigeon".[4]

The genus contains two species:[5]

They are not closely related to Columba livia, the rock dove (also called rock pigeon), a species which includes the domestic and feral pigeons as well as the wild species native to Europe, North Africa and Asia.

References

  1. "Columbidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=66. 
  2. Gould, John (1840). "Genus Petrophassa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 8: 173. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571612.  Although bearing the year 1840 on the title page, the volume did not appear until 1841.
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 117. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477832. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. 
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/pigeons/. Retrieved 5 March 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q782853 entry