Turtur
| Wood doves | |
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| Emerald-spotted wood dove | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Turtur Boddaert, 1783 |
| Species | |
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Turtur is a small genus of doves native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It includes 5 species:
- Emerald-spotted wood dove, Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-billed wood dove, Turtur abyssinicus
- Blue-spotted wood dove, Turtur afer
- Tambourine dove, Turtur tympanistria
- Blue-headed wood dove, Turtur brehmeri
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