---
title: "Smaragdvlekduif"
description: "Turtur chalcospilos — Vogels. The emerald-spotted wood dove or emerald-spotted dove (Turtur chalcospilos) is a bird of the family Columbidae, resident across eastern and southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/emerald-spotted-wood-dove
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Smaragdvlekduif

> Turtur chalcospilos — Vogels. The emerald-spotted wood dove or emerald-spotted dove (Turtur chalcospilos) is a bird of the family Columbidae, resident across eastern and southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Turtur chalcospilos*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2755
- Wikidata: [Q849991](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849991)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3327](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3327)

## Names

- en: Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
- de: Bronzeflecktaube
- es: Palomita Aliverde
- fr: Tourtelette émeraudine
- nl: Smaragdvlekduif
- pt: Rola-esmeraldina
- pl: Turkaweczka zielonoplamkowa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1243), KE (262), TZ (214), BW (193), ZM (184), ZW (130), NA (126), MW (68), MZ (46), UG (45), AO (32), SZ (32)

## Summary

The emerald-spotted wood dove or emerald-spotted dove (Turtur chalcospilos) is a bird of the family Columbidae, resident across eastern and southern Africa. It is a species of open drier deciduous woodland and second growth. It is absent from evergreen rainforests and semidesert areas.

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

## Photo

![Smaragdvlekduif](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/emerald-spotted-wood-dove/medium.jpg)

Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240491384

## Machine access

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