Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur chalcospilos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
- GenusTurtur
- SpeciesTurtur chalcospilos (Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Tambourine Dove
Turtur tympanistria
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
Cape Turtle Dove
Streptopelia capicola
Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea
LADO
Spilopelia senegalensis
African Lemon Dove
Columba larvata
Rameron Pigeon
Columba arquatrix
Namaqua Dove
Oena capensis
African Green Pigeon
Treron calvus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove at Garden Route National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there