Blue-spotted Wood Dove
Turtur afer
Photographed at the shore of Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kenya. October 2016.
This small pigeon has patches of sky blue on the head and on the backs and wings on a ground color of brownish-gray. The bill is yellow-tipped. It tends to remain close to trees. It is widespread across's humid areas of tropical Africa.
Columbidae -- Dove and Pigeon Family
Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe