Northern puffback


The northern puffback is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.
It is found in northern sub-Saharan Africa. It forms a superspecies with the black-backed puffback, which replaces it in eastern equatorial and southern Africa.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and moist savanna.

Subspecies

There are five accepted subspecies:D. g. gambensisSenegambia to coastal GabonD. g. congicus Sharpe, 1901 – lower catchment of Congo RiverD. g. malzacii – eastern Cameroon to northwestern TanzaniaD. g. erythreae Neumann, 1899Eritrea to South SudanD. g. erwini Sassi, 1923Itombwe in eastern DRC