Wood doves
Turtur chalcospilos (behind) and Turtur afer (front) by Henrik Grönvold
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species

See text.

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]

Species

The genus contains five species:[6]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Turtur chalcospilos Emerald-spotted wood dove eastern and southern Africa.
Turtur abyssinicus Black-billed wood dove Africa just south of the Sahara Desert.
Turtur afer Blue-spotted wood dove Africa south of the Sahel
Turtur tympanistria Tambourine dove from Senegal east to Ethiopia and Kenya and southwards through eastern Africa to south-eastern South Africa
Turtur brehmeri Blue-headed wood dove African tropical rainforest.

References

  1. ^ "Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ "Turtur". mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  3. ^ Boddaert, Pieter (1783). Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton : avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precedé d'une notice des principaux ouvrages zoologiques enluminés (in French). Utrecht. p. 10 Number 160.
  4. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 112.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 March 2020.


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