Black-backed Puffback bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsSouthern Puffback, Black-headed Puffback Shrike, Puffback Shrike, Black backed Puffback, Puffback, Zanzibar Puffback, Black-backed Puffback Shrike, Black-backed or Zanzibar Puffback
Old latin name for birdHapalophus affinis, Lanius cubla, Dryoscopus affinis
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyBushshrikes / Malaconotidae
GenusDryoscopus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionc, e, s

Black-backed Puffback bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, female, © Oscar Campbell
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Oscar Campbell
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Call, © James Bradley
    Kenya
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 5.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 6.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 7.
    Call, © Ciira Maina
    Kenya
  • 8.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 9.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 10.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Black-backed Puffback

Black-backed Puffback subspecies (5)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Dryoscopus cubla affiniss Somalia, e Kenya and ne Tanzania-No
Dryoscopus cubla cublase South Africa-No
Dryoscopus cubla hamatusn Angola to sw Kenya, e Tanzania, Mozambique and ne South Africa-No
Dryoscopus cubla nairobiensisc Kenya to n Tanzania-No
Dryoscopus cubla okavangensiss Angola, Namibia, s Zambia and n Botswana-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSneeubal
Catalancubla de dors negre
Chinese黑背蓬背鵙, 鹊形松背伯劳
Chinese (Traditional)鵲形鬆背伯勞
Croatiancrnoleđa čagra
Czechťuhýkovec černohřbetý, Tuhýk cernohrbetý
DanishSortrygget Kvastryg
DutchPoederdonsklauwier
Estonianpuhvselg-pagulind
Finnishhuiskulepinkäinen
FrenchCubla boule-de-neige, Cubla boule-de-neige ou C. de Zanzibar, Pie-grièche cubla
GermanSchneeballwürger, Schwarzmantel-Schneeballwürger
ItalianAverla dorsopiumoso dorsonero, Puffino dorsonero
Japaneseセグロフクレヤブモズ
Lithuanianjuodnugarė pūstauodegė medšarkė
Norwegiansørdunrygg, Sørdunrygg
Norwegian NynorskSørdunrygg
Polishturniurzyk srokaty
Portuguesecubla-de-almofadinha, picanço-de-almofadinha, picanço-de-almofadinha-austral
RussianЧерноспинный пухопёрый сорокопут, Черноспинная пухоспинка, Черноспинный пегий сорокопут
SerbianCrnoleđi svračak pufnastih leđa
Slovakpáperník strakoší, Páperník strakošovitý
SpanishObispillo de Lomo Negro, Cubla dorsinegra
SwahiliKipwe Kiuno-cheupe
SwedishNordlig dunrygg, svartryggig dunrygg
TsongaPhavomu
TurkishKara Sırtlı Pofuduksırt
Ukrainianкубла строката
XhosaIntakembila
ZuluiBhoboni