Northern puffback
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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Dryoscopus |
| Species: | D. gambensis |
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| Dryoscopus gambensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) | |
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and moist savanna.
Races
There are five accepted races:[3]
- D. g. gambensis (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) – Senegambia to coastal Gabon
- D. g. congicus Sharpe, 1901 – lower catchment of Congo River
- D. g. malzacii (Heuglin, 1870) – eastern Cameroon to northwestern Tanzania
- D. g. erythreae Neumann, 1899 – Eritrea to South Sudan
- D. g. erwini Sassi, 1923 – Itombwe in eastern DRC
Gallery
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Male D. g. gambensis at Mole National Park, Ghana%2C_crop.jpg)
Male D. g. gambensis in The Gambia
Male D. g. malzacii at Lake Nakuru N.P., Kenya
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Dryoscopus gambensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2010). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara (2nd ed.). Cape Town: Struik Nature. pp. 580–581. ISBN 9781770076235.
- Fry, H. (2017). "Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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