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Where to see the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

Turtur chalcospilos

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Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
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When and where to find the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Hosts have recorded the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve and Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger

    Self-drive
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Kwandwe

    Guided drivesMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • KwaZulu-Natal

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Hluhluwe-Imfolozi · iSimangaliso Wetland

    Stays in KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

Kruger

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

Kwandwe

Species

Turtur chalcospilos

Records

1,188

iNaturalist observations

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

Where can you see the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove in South Africa?

The Emerald-spotted Wood Dove is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (35% of records), Limpopo (28% of records), Mpumalanga (26% of records), based on 1,188 iNaturalist observations. 22 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove?

The Emerald-spotted Wood Dove is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Kwandwe Private Game Reserve: year-round, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove?

The emerald-spotted wood dove (Turtur chalcospilos) is a bird of the Columbidae family, resident across eastern and southern Africa.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Every stay on the Emerald-spotted Wood Dove page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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