Chalcophaps

Chalcophaps is a genus of small doves, commonly called emerald doves, that are found in Indomalaya and Australasia.

Chalcophaps
Common emerald dove, Chalcophaps indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Subfamily:	Columbinae
Genus:	Chalcophaps Gould, 1843
Type species
Columba chrysochlora[1] Wagler, 1827
Species
See text.

Taxonomy

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	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Pacific emerald dove or brown-capped emerald dove[6]	Chalcophaps longirostris Gould, 1848 Four subspecies C. l. timorensis Bonaparte, 1856 C. l. longirostris Gould, 1848 C. l. rogersi Mathews, 1912 C. l. sandwichensis Ramsay, 1878	Australia, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, New Guinea, Santa Cruz and Banks Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Stephan's emerald dove	Chalcophaps stephani Reichenbach, 1851	Sulawesi, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.	Size: Habitat: ' Diet:	LC

Members of this genus are small and short-tailed.^[7]