Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Bushshrikes and Allies :: Black-backed Puffback

Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla

Described by: Shaw (1809)
Alternate common name(s): Zanzibar Puffback
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

South Africa - Oct, 2001 © Harold Stiver  Bona Manzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date unknown © Gordon Holtshausen  Lower Sabi, Kruger National Park, South Africa - Sep 23, 2006 © Alan Manson 
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Range

(1) Coastal areas of s. Somalia, e. Kenya, Zanzibar Is. and Mofia Is.
(2) Coastal s. Kenya and ne. Tanzania.
(3) C. and e. Kenya s. through Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and w. in Rwanda, Burundi, sc. and se. Zaire.
(4) S. Mozambique to ne. South Africa (n. Transvaal). N. Orange Free State.
(5) N. and e. Botswana to s. Angola and n. Namibia.
(6) South Africa (Natal, Cape Province).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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