Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis - Cubla de Gambie

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Malaconotidés
Genus
:
Dryoscopus
Species
:
gambensis

Descriptor

Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 25 à 40 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Dryoscopus gambensis gambensis (Senegal and Gambia to Gabon)
Dryoscopus gambensis congicus (sw Congo and w DRCongo)
Dryoscopus gambensis erythreae (e Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia)
Dryoscopus gambensis malzacii (e Cameroon to w Kenya)
Dryoscopus gambensis erwini (e DRCongo, sw Uganda, nw Tanzania)

Foreign names

Cubla de Gambie,
Cubla del Gambia,
picanço-de-almofadinha-do-norte,
Gambia-Schneeballwürger,
északi pamathátú-gébics,
Gambiapoederdonsklauwier,
Puffino settentrionale,
norddunrygg,
Norddunrygg,
páperník savanový,
ťuhýkovec stromový,
Kvastryg,
isohuiskulepinkäinen,
cubla de Liechtenstein,
turniurzyk sawannowy,
Гамбийский пухопёрый сорокопут,
フクレヤブモズ,
蓬背鵙,
nordlig dunrygg,
鬆背伯勞,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest