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title: "Blue-spotted Wood-Dove"
description: "Turtur afer — Birds. The blue-spotted wood dove or blue-spotted dove (Turtur afer) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-spotted-wood-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

> Turtur afer — Birds. The blue-spotted wood dove or blue-spotted dove (Turtur afer) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

- Scientific name: *Turtur afer*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 740
- Wikidata: [Q482088](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482088)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3326](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3326)

## Names

- en: Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
- de: Stahlflecktaube
- es: Palomita Aliazul
- fr: Tourtelette améthystine
- nl: Staalvlekduif
- pt: Rola-de-manchas-azuis
- pl: Turkaweczka modroplamkowa

## Countries with the most observations

GM (88), UG (76), ET (33), MW (30), BJ (26), TZ (26), CD (25), GA (25), GH (25), GN (23), GW (21), CF (20)

## Summary

The blue-spotted wood dove or blue-spotted dove (Turtur afer) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
It is abundantly present throughout Africa south of the Sahel; it is partially present in East Africa and absent in southern Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-spotted_wood_dove

## Photo

![Blue-spotted Wood-Dove](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-spotted-wood-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254568458

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-spotted-wood-dove?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).