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Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestSmall · 32 g
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 1
Photo: andygpos · CC BY 4.0
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 2
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 3
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 4
Photo: Lizars and published in Swainson · Public domain
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 5
Photo: This image is created by user Bram ter Keurs at Observation.org, a global biodiversity recording project. · CC BY 3.0
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 6
Photo: This image is created by user Bram ter Keurs at Observation.org, a global biodiversity recording project. · CC BY 3.0
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 7
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 8
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 9
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0
Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis), photo 10
Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0

About the Northern Puffback

The northern puffback 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.

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor
Uganda Ghana Nigeria Kenya Ethiopia Gambia Rwanda Senegal Burkina Faso Benin Cameroon Guinea-Bissau Congo - Kinshasa Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia Côte d’Ivoire Togo Gabon Central African Republic Mali Burundi Tanzania Congo - Brazzaville Niger Chad Angola Eritrea

Recorded as a rare visitor in South Sudan.

When to see it

Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Pink-footed Puffback (Dryoscopus angolensis) Pink-footed PuffbackDryoscopus angolensisThe pink-footed puffback is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Sabine's Puffback (Dryoscopus sabini) Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabiniSabine's puffback, also known as the large-billed puffback, is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. Pringle's Puffback (Dryoscopus pringlii) Pringle's PuffbackDryoscopus pringliiPringle's puffback is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.

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