Biology:Sabine's puffback

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Short description: Species of bird

Sabine's puffback
Sabine's Puffback from Canopy Walkway - Kakum NP - Ghana, crop.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Dryoscopus
Species:
D. sabini
Binomial name
Dryoscopus sabini
(Gray, JE, 1831)

Sabine's puffback (/ˈsbɪn/ SAY-bin; Dryoscopus sabini), also known as the large-billed puffback, is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest (western and sparsely throughout Central Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate General Sir Edward Sabine.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1310589 entry