Blue-spotted wood dove

Blue-spotted wood dove
In Gambia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Turtur
Species:
T. afer
Binomial name
Turtur afer
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Columba afra Linnaeus, 1766

The blue-spotted wood dove or blue-spotted dove (Turtur afer) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is abundantly present throughout Africa south of the Sahel; it is partially present in East Africa and absent in southern Africa.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Turtur afer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690628A93280584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690628A93280584.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.