Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)
Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla) - HBW 14, p. 95
French: Cubla boule-de-neige
German: Schwarzmantel-Schneeballwürger
Spanish: Cubla Dorsinegra
Other common names: Southern Puffback, The Puffback; Zanzibar Puffback (affinis)
Taxonomy: Lanius cubla Latham, 1801, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with D. senegalensis. Only "pure" individuals of race affinis seem to occur on Zanzibar and adjacent mainland coast; from coastal S Somalia S to C Tanzanian coast (Dar es Salaam) many are pure affinis, but others, especially inland, have variable amounts of white in scapulars and wing, and exhibit extensive intergradation with nairobiensis and hamatus. Race okavangensis intergrades with hamatus. Proposed race chapini, described from Newington (E Mpumalanga), in NE South Africa, is subsumed in hamatus. Five sub.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Lanius cubla Latham, 1801, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with D. senegalensis. Only "pure" individuals of race affinis seem to occur on Zanzibar and adjacent mainland coast; from coastal S Somalia S to C Tanzanian coast (Dar es Salaam) many are pure affinis, but others, especially inland, have variable amounts of white in scapulars and wing, and exhibit extensive intergradation with nairobiensis and hamatus. Race okavangensis intergrades with hamatus. Proposed race chapini, described from Newington (E Mpumalanga), in NE South Africa, is subsumed in hamatus. Five subspecies recognized.
Forms a superspecies with D. senegalensis. Only "pure" individuals of race affinis seem to occur on Zanzibar and adjacent mainland coast; from coastal S Somalia S to C Tanzanian coast (Dar es Salaam) many are pure affinis, but others, especially inland, have variable amounts of white in scapulars and wing, and exhibit extensive intergradation with nairobiensis and hamatus. Race okavangensis intergrades with hamatus. Proposed race chapini, described from Newington (E Mpumalanga), in NE South Africa, is subsumed in hamatus. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hamatus Hartlaub, 1863 - N Angola, SE & E DRCongo, N & W Zambia, SW Kenya (W of Rift Valley, to Kavirondo Gulf), Tanzania (except NE), Malawi, Mozambique, E Zimbabwe, and lowland NE South Africa (Limpopo Province S to extreme N & NE Free State and N KwaZulu-Natal) and Swaziland.
- nairobiensis Rand, 1958 - E of Rift Valley in Kenya (S from Archer's Post, E to Mt Endau, Kibwezi, and Tiva and Voi rivers) and NE Tanzania (S to Kilosa, E to Usambara Mts).
- affinis ( G. R. Gray, 1837) - S Somalia and coastal lowlands of Kenya (extending inland to Bura and Shimba Hills) and Tanzania (S to R Rufiji), including Zanzibar I and Mafia I.
- hamatus Hartlaub, 1863 - N Angola, SE & E DRCongo, N & W Zambia, SW Kenya (W of Rift Valley, to Kavirondo Gulf), Tanzania (except NE), Malawi, Mozambique, E Zimbabwe, and lowland NE South Africa (Limpopo Province S to extreme N & NE Free State and N KwaZulu-Natal) and Swaziland.
- nairobiensis Rand, 1958 - E of Rift Valley in Kenya (S from Archer's Post, E to Mt Endau, Kibwezi, and Tiva and Voi rivers) and NE Tanzania (S to Kilosa, E to Usambara Mts).
- affinis ( G. R. Gray, 1837) - S Somalia and coastal lowlands of Kenya (extending inland to Bura and Shimba Hills) and Tanzania (S to R Rufiji), including Zanzibar I and Mafia I.
- okavangensis Roberts, 1932 - S Angola, Zambia (S from Balovale) and W Zimbabwe S to N Namibia, N & E Botswana and N South Africa (R Molopo, in N North West Province).
- cubla ( Latham, 1801) - SE South Africa (S KwaZulu-Natal S along coast to E Western Cape).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
A male moving in the vegetation Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp okavangensis)
Alex García · Videoaves 5 January 2008 5 years ago 20 sec 4.8 -
A male perched and preening under a sprinkler, eventually becoming soaked Locality Musango Safari Camp, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp okavangensis)
Greg Baker 7 September 1999 1 year ago 41 sec 4.1 -
A male (possibly not fully mature) perched in a tree Locality Heuglin's Lodge, Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi (ssp hamatus)
Greg Baker 17 October 2005 30 weeks ago 17 sec 4 -
A displaying male Locality Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve, Northern Region, Malawi (ssp hamatus)
Greg Baker 29 October 2005 25 weeks ago 19 sec 3.5 -
Adult handling prey Locality South Africa
Conan Guard 12 January 2009 4 years ago 16 sec 3.5 -
A juvenile foraging in bushes Locality Musango Safari Camp, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (ssp okavangensis)
Greg Baker 8 September 1999 1 year ago 13 sec 3
-
An adult male
Locality Livingstone (Maramba), Southern Province, Zambia (ssp okavangensis)
Marco Valentini 26 August 2011 1 year ago 4 -
On a branch
Locality Mkuze, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp hamatus)
Guy Poisson 4 November 2012 22 weeks ago 3.6 -
A female perched on a bush.
Locality Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp hamatus)
Carmelo López 2 November 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
Perched in a tree
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 16 October 2008 2 years ago 3.4 -
Male displaying
Locality Akagera National Park, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 22 August 2010 2 years ago 3.3 -
A bird in a tree
Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe
Aleix Comas 4 September 2007 3 years ago 3
-
Unusual clicking noises from high up in a tree. Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia
(ssp okavangensis)
Charles Hesse 20 November 2009 3 years ago 3
Email this page