Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
South-eastern Sudan, Ethiopia and western Somalia south through eastern Africa to northern Namibia, northern Botswana and Natal; also in coastal Gabon south to south-western Angola.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove (Turtur chalcospilos) [XC811198]
by Stein \u00d8. Nilsen from Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya (song)
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove (Turtur chalcospilos) [XC426258]
by Rapha\u00ebl Nussbaumer from Karatu, Arusha Region, Tanzania (flight call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black-billed Wood-Dove (Turtur abyssinicus), with which has been considered conspecific. In southern Africa, western populations formerly awarded subspecies volkmanni, and eastern ones subspecies zambesiensis, but variation is clinal.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet