• Synonyms Black backed Puffback, Zanzibar Puffback, Black-backed Puffback Shrike, Southern Puffback, Black-headed Puffback Shrike, Puffback Shrike, Puffback, Black-backed or Zanzibar Puffback
  • Old latin name for bird Hapalophus affinis, Lanius cubla, Dryoscopus affinis

Black-backed Puffbackbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, female, © Oscar Campbell
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 3.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 5.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Black-backed Puffback

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion c, e, s

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

Species Name in Other Languages

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
CzechTuhýk cernohrbetý, ťuhýkovec černohřbetý
DanishSortrygget Kvastryg
DutchPoederdonsklauwier
Estonianpuhvselg-pagulind
Finnishhuiskulepinkäinen
FrenchCubla boule-de-neige, Pie-grièche cubla, Cubla boule-de-neige ou C. de Zanzibar
GermanSchwarzmantel-Schneeballwürger, Schneeballwürger
ItalianAverla dorsopiumoso dorsonero, Puffino dorsonero
Japaneseセグロフクレヤブモズ
Lithuanianjuodnugarė pūstauodegė medšarkė
Norwegiansørdunrygg
Norwegian NynorskSørdunrygg
Polishturniurzyk srokaty
PortuguesePicanço-de-almofadinha, cubla-de-almofadinha
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