Bush-shrikes (Malaconotidae)
Sabine's Puffback (Dryoscopus sabini) - HBW 14, p. 94
French: Cubla à gros bec
German: Dickschnabel-Schneeballwürger
Spanish: Cubla de Sabine
Other common names: Large-billed Puffback
Taxonomy: Thamnophilus sabini J. E. Gray, 1831, Sierra Leone.
Differs from congeners in bill morphology, and has diagnostic whistle call. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sabini ( J. E. Gray, 1831) - Sierra Leone E to S Nigeria.
- melanoleucus ( J. Verreaux & É. Verreaux, 1851) - Cameroon S, discontinuously, to N Angola and patchily in NE, C & S DRCongo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree Locality Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 3 years ago 25 sec 0
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