Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Columbiformes Latham, 1790 - pigeons and allies
           Family Columbidae Illiger, 1811 - doves, pigeons
             Genus Turtur Boddaert, 1783
               Turtur abyssinicus (Sharpe, 1902) - black-billed wood-dove
               Turtur afer (Linnaeus, 1766) - blue-spotted wood-dove
               Turtur brehmeri (Hartlaub, 1865) - blue-headed wood-dove
               Turtur chalcospilos (Wagler, 1827) - emerald-spotted wood-dove
               Turtur tympanistria (Temminck, 1809) - tambourine dove