Black-backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Black-backed Puffback
The Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Malaconotidae (Bushshrikes and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Dryoscopus cubla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-backed Puffback
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Dryoscopus cubla affinis
- Dryoscopus cubla nairobiensis
- Dryoscopus cubla hamatus
- Dryoscopus cubla okavangensis
- Dryoscopus cubla cubla
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Lanius cubla
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Knysna, ex Levaillant.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xx
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Pink-footed Puffback
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Sabine's Puffback
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