page_title: Geophaps
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Geophaps / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) and Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
context_page_description: Geophaps is a small genus of doves in the order Columbiformes. Established by George Robert Gray, it contains three extant species. The plumage and distribution suggests that all species within the genus have formed from a common ancestor and that through adaptive radiation they have varied greatly in size, shape and ecology.
context_section_description: All species of pigeons and doves are described as having short necks and legs, and a short, slender bill.
  The three species within the Geophaps are endemic to Australia and are generally described as bronzewings. They are closely related to pigeons from the genus Phaps.  The Geophaps species share partridge-like flight patterns and show no differences in plumage between the sexes.  All members of the genus  are terrestrial. Geophaps scripta and Geophaps smithii are closely related  species and have with recognisable facial patterns.  The spinifex pigeon has a long, erect crest and is considered reasonably different from the squatter pigeon and the partridge pigeon. It is sometimes placed in the genus Ocyphaps with the crested pigeon.
  Table 1.1, shows the following information- Common name, scientific name/s, sub-species, size, distribution and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Red List Status,
caption: Crested pigeon alongside Spinifex pigeon.
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