| Northern puffback | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Dryoscopus |
| Species: | D. gambensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dryoscopus gambensis (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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The northern puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis) 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.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dryoscopus gambensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22707455A94125177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22707455A94125177.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2010). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara (2nd ed.). Cape Town: Struik Nature. pp. 580–581. ISBN 9781770076235.