Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla (Latham, J 1801)
The black-backed puffback is a species of passerine bird in the family Malaconotidae. They are common to fairly common sedentary bushshrikes in various wooded habitats in Africa south of the equator. They restlessly move about singly, in pairs or family groups, and generally frequent tree canopies. Like others of its genus, the males puff out the loose rump and lower back feathers in display, to assume a remarkable ball-like appearance. They draw attention to themselves by their varied repertoire of whistling, clicking and rasping sounds. Their specific name cubla, originated with Francois Levaillant, who derived it from a native southern African name, where the "c" is an onomatopoeic click sound. None of the other five puffback species occur in southern Africa. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Malaconotidae
Genus:
Dryoscopus
Scientific:
Dryoscopus cubla
Original description
Citation:
(Latham, J 1801)
Reference:
Suppl. Indicis Orn.
Protonym:
Lanius cubla
Type locality:
Knysna, ex Levaillant.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/313412#page/26/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
D0F12B80B23D9379
Avibase ID:
avibase-D0F12B80
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/D0F12B80
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916818
Geographic range:
- Dryoscopus cubla cubla: KwaZulu-Natal to Cape Province
- Dryoscopus cubla nairobiensis: central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania
- Dryoscopus cubla [hamatus or chapini]: southern Kenya to Mozambique, northern Angola, and northeastern South Africa
- Dryoscopus cubla okavangensis: northwestern Cape Province to Namibia, southern Angola, Botswana, and Zambia
Black-backed Puffback
Catalan:
cubla de dors negre
Czech:
ťuhýkovec černohřbetý
Danish:
Sortrygget Kvastryg
German:
Schneeballwürger
Spanish:
Obispillo de Lomo Negro
Spanish (Spain):
Cubla Dorsinegra
Finnish:
huiskulepinkäinen
French:
Cubla boule-de-neige
Italian:
Averla dorsopiumoso dorsonero
Japanese (romaji):
segurofukureyabumozu
Japanese:
セグロフクレヤブモズ
Lithuanian:
Juodnugarė pūstauodegė medšarkė
Dutch:
Poederdonsklauwier
Norwegian:
Sørdunrygg
Polish:
turniurzyk srokaty
Portuguese:
Picanço-de-almofadinha
Russian:
Черноспинный пегий сорокопут
Slovak:
páperník strakoší
Swedish:
Nordlig dunrygg
Ukrainian:
Кубла строката
Chinese:
黑背蓬背鵙
Chinese (Traditional):
鵲形鬆背伯勞
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cubla boule-de-neige ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Black-backed Puffback ( Dryoscopus cubla) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Black-backed Puffback (White-winged) ( Dryoscopus cubla [cubla Group]) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Black-backed Puffback (White-winged) ( Dryoscopus cubla [cubla Group]) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Dryoscopus [cubla or affinis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Sneeubal
Catalan: cubla de dors negre
Czech: ťuhýkovec černohřbetý
Danish: Sortrygget Kvastryg
German: Schneeballwürger
English: Blackbacked Puffback, Black-backed Puffback, Black-backed Puffback (White-winged), Black-backed Puffback Shrike, Puffback, Puffback Shrike, Southern Puffback
English (Kenya): Black-backed Puffback
Spanish: Obispillo de Lomo Negro
Spanish (Spain): Cubla Dorsinegra
Estonian: puhvselg-pagulind
Finnish: Huiskulepinkäinen
French: Cubla boule-de-neige
Italian: Averla dorsopiumoso dorsonero
Japanese (romaji): segurofukureyabumozu
Japanese: セグロフクレヤブモズ
Kwangali: Nankuwo
Scientific: Dryoscopus cubla, Dryoscopus cubla [cubla Group], Dryoscopus cubla cubla, Lanius cubla, Thamnophilus leucopygus
Lithuanian: Juodnugarė pūstauodegė medšarkė
Dutch: Poederdonsklauwier
Norwegian: Sørdunrygg
Polish: turniurzyk srokaty
Portuguese: Picanço-de-almofadinha
Russian: Черноспинный пегий сорокопут, Черноспинный пухопёрый сорокопут
Slovak: páperník strakoší, Páperník strakošovitý
Swedish: Nordlig dunrygg
Swahili: Kipwe Kiuno-cheupe
Tsonga: Phavomu
Ukrainian: Кубла строката
Xhosa: Intakembila
Chinese: 黑背蓬背鵙
Chinese (Traditional): 鵲形鬆背伯勞
Zulu: iBhoboni
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