Wood doves | |
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Turtur chalcospilos (behind) and Turtur afer (front) by Henrik Grönvold | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Subfamily: | Columbinae |
Genus: | Turtur Boddaert, 1783 |
Type species | |
Columba afra[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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Species | |
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Turtur is a small genus of doves native to Sub-Saharan Africa.[2] Species in this genus are known as wood doves.
The genus Turtur was introduced in 1783 by the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert to accommodate the blue-spotted wood dove (Turtur afer).[3][4] The word Turtur is Latin for "turtle dove".[5]