Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Dryoscopus

Black-backed Puffback

Dryoscopus cubla

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Dryoscopus cubla affinis

coastal Somalia and Kenya to northern Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Mafia Island
Dryoscopus cubla cubla

KwaZulu-Natal to Cape Province
Dryoscopus cubla hamatus

southern Kenya to Mozambique, northern Angola, and northeastern South Africa
Dryoscopus cubla nairobiensis

central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania
Dryoscopus cubla okavangensis

northwestern Cape Province to Namibia, southern Angola, Botswana, and Zambia

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.