Sabine's Puffback
Dryoscopus sabini(Gray, JE, 1831)
English (US) Sabine's Puffback
The Sabine's Puffback (Dryoscopus sabini) 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 sabini
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sabine's Puffback
- Described by
- (Gray, JE, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Dryoscopus sabini sabini
- Dryoscopus sabini melanoleucus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Thamnophilus sabini
- Described by
- (Gray, JE, 1831)
- Type locality
- Sierra Leone (see Gray, 1837, Mag. Nat. Hist., 1, n. s., p. 487).
- Original description
- The zoological miscellany 1 p.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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