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black-billed wood dove (Turtur abyssinicus)
Subject: black-billed wood dove (Turtur abyssinicus)
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black-billed wood dove (Turtur abyssinicus)


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Uganda Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
Date June 2007
Author Tom Tarrant
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackbilledwooddove.jpg

The black-billed wood dove (Turtur abyssinicus) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in a belt across Africa just south of the Sahara Desert. Black-billed wood dove is a small plump pigeon, typically 20 cm in length. Its back, hindneck, wings and tail are pale grey brown, and the folded wings have dark metallic patches. There are two blackish bands on the back. The forehead, crown and nape are bluish grey, fading to whitish on the face. The underparts are pinkish, becoming whiter on the belly.

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Scientific Name: Turtur abyssinicus (Sharpe, 1902)
Common Names:
English – Black-billed Wood-dove, Black-billed Dove, Abyssinian Wood-dove
French – Emeraudine à bec noir
French: Tourtelette d’Abyssinie German: Erzflecktaube Spanish: Palomita saheliana
Taxonomy: Chalcopelia abyssinica Sharpe, 1902, Kokai, Eritrea.

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