New Guinea bronzewing
The New Guinea bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons) is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Henicophaps |
| Species: | H. albifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Henicophaps albifrons Gray, 1862 | |
Taxonomy and systematics
The New Guinea bronzewing was described and given the binomial name Henicophaps albifrons by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1862 from a specimen that had been collected by the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on the island of Waigeo, northwest New Guinea.[2] The specific epithet combines the Latin albus meaning "white" and frons meaning "forehead" or "front".[3]
Two subspecies are recognised:[4]
- H. a. albifrons Gray, GR, 1862 – west Papuan islands, New Guinea, Yapen Island (off northwest New Guinea)
- H. a. schlegeli (von Rosenberg, HKB, 1866) – Aru Islands (southwest of New Guinea)
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Henicophaps albifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690661A93282342. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690661A93282342.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Gray, George Robert (1861). "Remarks on, and descriptions of, new species of birds lately sent by Mr. A. R. Wallace from Waigiou, Mysol, and Gagie Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Part 3): 427–438 [432] Plate 44.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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