Turtur
Turtur is a small genus of doves native to sub-Saharan Africa. 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. The word Turtur is Latin for "turtle dove".
Species
The genus contains five species:| 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 |