Red-eyed Puffback
Dryoscopus senegalensis(Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
English (US) Red-eyed Puffback
The Red-eyed Puffback (Dryoscopus senegalensis) 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.
Range: lowlands of Senegambia to southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Angola, and UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Dryoscopus senegalensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-eyed Puffback
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sigelus senegalensis
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
- Type locality
- 'Senegal'; probably = Gabon.
- Original description
- System der Ornithologie Westafrica's p.112
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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