Blue-headed Wood Dove
Turtur brehmeri(Hartlaub, KJG, 1865)
English (US) Blue-headed Wood Dove
The Blue-headed Wood Dove (Turtur brehmeri) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
- Scientific name
- Turtur brehmeri
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-headed Wood Dove
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1865)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Turtur brehmeri infelix
- Turtur brehmeri brehmeri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Chalcopelia Brehmeri
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1865)
- Type locality
- Gaboon.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 13, no.74 p.97
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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