Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Malaconotidae
- Genus
- Dryoscopus
- eBird Code
- blbpuf2
Vocalizations
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (5)
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Dryoscopus cubla affinis
coastal Somalia and Kenya to northern Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Mafia Island
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Dryoscopus cubla cubla
KwaZulu-Natal to Cape Province
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Dryoscopus cubla hamatus
southern Kenya to Mozambique, northern Angola, and northeastern South Africa
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Dryoscopus cubla nairobiensis
central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania
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Dryoscopus cubla okavangensis
northwestern Cape Province to Namibia, southern Angola, Botswana, and Zambia
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.