Puffbacks
Dryoscopus
Dryoscopus is a genus of bird in the Malaconotidae or bushshrike family. Its members are known as puffbacks. The six species, all of fairly uniform appearance and habits, are 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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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.