Puffbacks
Dryoscopus
Dryoscopus is a genus of bird in the Malaconotidae or bushshrike family. The six species of fairly uniform appearance and habits, are all native to various parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The name Dryoscopus is a compound Greek word: drus from the Greek word for "tree" and skopos, meaning "watcher or lookout".
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Black-backed Puffback
speciesDryoscopus cubla
Northern Puffback
speciesDryoscopus gambensis
Sabine's Puffback
speciesDryoscopus sabini
Pink-footed Puffback
speciesDryoscopus angolensis
Pringle's Puffback
speciesDryoscopus pringlii
Red-eyed Puffback
speciesDryoscopus senegalensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8292.