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
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]
^"Columbidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
^"Turtur". mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
^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.
^Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 112.
^Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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