Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Malaconotidae — Bushshrikes
Northern Puffback, Dryoscopus gambensis, is a passerine in the Malaconotidae family and breeds in western and central Africa. It occurs across northern sub-Saharan Africa, with its range extending from Senegambia and coastal Gabon through the Congo basin to eastern Cameroon and north-western Tanzania, and also from Eritrea to South Sudan. It is linked with the black-backed puffback, which takes its place in eastern equatorial and southern Africa. Its habitats include moist lowland forest, mangrove forest and moist savanna. Five subspecies are recognised, including gambensis, congicus, malzacii, erythreae and erwini.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Malaconotidae — Bushshrikes
- Breeding range
- Africa: w, c
