Blue-spotted Wood Dove (Turtur afer)
About the Blue-spotted Wood Dove
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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 38 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
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- Grey-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brevicaudatarecording
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedashrecording
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.