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Columbiformes / Columbidae / Turtur

Blue-headed Wood Dove

Turtur brehmeri

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bhwdov1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Turtur

Subspecies (2)

Turtur brehmeri brehmeri

southern Cameroon to northern Congo, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and far northwestern Angola
Turtur brehmeri infelix

coastal Guinea and Sierra Leone to Cameroon

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bhwdov1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.