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Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis (Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)
The northern puffback is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in northern sub-Saharan Africa. It forms a superspecies with the black-backed puffback, which replaces it in eastern equatorial and southern Africa. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Malaconotidae
Genus:
Dryoscopus
Scientific:
Dryoscopus gambensis
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Malaconotidae
Genus:
Dryoscopus
Scientific:
Dryoscopus gambensis
Original description
Citation:
(Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)
Reference:
Verz. Doubl. zool. Mus. K. Univ. Berlin
Protonym:
Lanius gambensis
Type locality:
Senegambia.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229296
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
7DE7F0ED411E691E
Avibase ID:
avibase-7DE7F0ED
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7DE7F0ED
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559825
Geographic range:
- Dryoscopus gambensis gambensis: Senegal to Cameroon, Chad and n Gabon
- Dryoscopus gambensis congicus: SW Congo and w Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dryoscopus gambensis malzacii: E Cameroon to Cent. African Rep., s Uganda, w Kenya, e Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Dryoscopus gambensis erythreae: Extreme e Sudan to Eritrea and Ethiopia
Source: Clements checklist
Northern Puffback
Catalan:
cubla de Liechtenstein
Czech:
ťuhýkovec stromový
Danish:
Kvastryg
German:
Gambia-Schneeballwürger
Spanish:
Cubla del Gambia
Spanish (Spain):
Cubla del Gambia
Finnish:
isohuiskulepinkäinen
French:
Cubla de Gambie
Croatian:
crvenooka čagra
Hungarian:
északi pamathátú-gébics
Italian:
Puffino settentrionale
Japanese (romaji):
fukureyabumozu
Japanese:
フクレヤブモズ
Lithuanian:
Gambinė pūstauodegė medšarkė
Dutch:
Gambiapoederdonsklauwier
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Norddunrygg
Norwegian:
Norddunrygg
Polish:
turniurzyk sawannowy
Portuguese:
Picanço-da-gambia
Portuguese (Portugal):
cubla-da-gâmbia
Russian:
Гамбийская пухоспинка
Slovak:
páperník savanový
Serbian:
Severni svračak pufnastih leđa
Swedish:
nordlig dunrygg
Ukrainian:
Кубла північна
Chinese:
蓬背鵙
Chinese (Traditional):
鬆背伯勞
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Cubla de Gambie ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cubla de Gambie ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Gambian Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Gambian Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Gambian Puffback Shrike ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Dryoscopus gambensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Dryoscopus gambensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Dryoscopus gambensis [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Northern Puffback ( Dryoscopus gambensis) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dryoscopus gambensis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dryoscopus gambensis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: cubla de Liechtenstein
Czech: Tuhýk gambijský, ťuhýkovec stromový
Danish: Kvastryg
German: Gambia Schneeballwürger, Gambia-Schneeballwürger
English: Common Puffback, Common Puffback-Shrike, Gambian Puffback, Gambian Puffback Shrike, Gambian Puffback-Shrike, Northern Puffback, Puff Back, Puffback, Puffback Shrike
English, HBW: Northern Puffback
English (IOC): Northern Puffback
English (Kenya): Northern Puffback
English (United States): Northern Puffback
Spanish: Cubla del Gambia, Obispillo Común
Spanish (Spain): Cubla del Gambia
Spanish (HBW): Northern Puffback
Estonian: sudaani pagulind
Finnish: Isohuiskulepinkäinen
French: Cubla de Gambie, Pie-grièche cubla de Gambie, Pie-grièche cubla de Sénégambie
Croatian: crvenooka čagra
Hungarian: északi pamathátú-gébics
Italian: Averla dorsopiumoso, Puffino settentrionale
Japanese (romaji): fukureyabumozu
Japanese: フクレヤブモズ
Scientific: Dryoscopus gambensis, Dryoscopus gambensis gambensis, Lanius gambensis
Lithuanian: Gambinė pūstauodegė medšarkė
Dutch: Gambia Poederdonsklauwier, Gambiapoederdonsklauwier, Gambia-poederdonsklauwier
Norwegian Nynorsk: Norddunrygg
Norwegian: Norddunrygg
Polish: turniurzyk sawannowy
Portuguese: Picanço-da-gambia
Portuguese (Portugal): cubla-da-gâmbia
Russian: Гамбийская пухоспинка, Гамбийский пухопёрый сорокопут
Slovak: páperník savanový
Serbian: Severni svračak pufnastih leđa
Swedish: Gambiadunrygg, nordlig dunrygg
Swahili: Kipwe wa Gambia
Turkish: Gambia pofuduksırtı
Ukrainian: Кубла північна
Chinese: 蓬背鵙
Chinese (Traditional): 鬆背伯勞
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