Northern puffback

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Northern puffback
Northern Puffback specimen RWD.jpg
Northern Puffback specimen RWD, female.jpg
male and female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Dryoscopus
Species:
D. gambensis
Binomial name
Dryoscopus gambensis

The northern puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in northern sub-Saharan Africa. It forms a superspecies with the black-backed puffback, which replaces it in eastern equatorial and southern Africa. [2]

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Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and moist savanna.

Subspecies

There are five accepted subspecies: [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Dryoscopus gambensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22707455A94125177. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707455A94125177.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2010). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara (2nd ed.). Cape Town: Struik Nature. pp. 580–581. ISBN   9781770076235.
  3. Fry, H. (2017). "Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 13 April 2017.