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Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
Turtur chalcospilos · Family Columbidae
Turtur chalcospilos
Family Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 210,580
- Countries and territories with records
- 30
About this species
This species has 210,580 occurrence records from 30 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (52.8%), Kenya (14.5%), Zambia (5.7%), Zimbabwe (5.6%) and Tanzania (4.8%); together they account for 83.4% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.28% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Turtur chalcospilos combines the genus name Turtur with the species epithet chalcospilos. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Turtur; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Turtur tympanistria, Turtur afer and Turtur abyssinicus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 30th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 71% of the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.