Species profile
Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are w, c.
- Scientific name
- Dryoscopus gambensis
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Dryoscopus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Northern Puffback in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Malaconotidae
- Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
- Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster)
- Bocage's Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei)
- Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
- Braun's Bushshrike (Laniarius brauni)
- Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)