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Hemiphaga

Hemiphaga
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Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Treroninae
Genus: Hemiphaga
Bonaparte, 1854
species

1-2, see text


1-2, see text

Hemiphaga is the genus containing two large species of pigeons from New Zealand. The two are traditionally considered conspecific, but in 2001 it was proposed that H. chathamensis should be considered a separate species instead of a subspecies of H. novaeseelandiae. It is here listed as a species, although few authorities outside New Zealand have followed this.


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