Black-backed Puffback

Where to see

Black-backed Puffback

Dryoscopus cubla

uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 23 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-backed Puffback during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
2 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~60%
3 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~60%
4 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
5 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
6 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~50%
7 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
8 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~50%
9 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~40%
10 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~40%
11 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~30%
12 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~30%
13 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
14 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
15 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
16 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
17 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~30%
18 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
19 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~20%
20 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
21 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~20%
22 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
23 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Black-backed Puffback?

uMkhuze Game Reserve

In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-backed Puffback sighting on a given day, the highest of the 23 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Black-backed Puffback?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are October in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 80%), September and October in Gonarezhou National Park (about 70%) and October in Gorongosa National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-backed Puffback on a given day. Each park's Black-backed Puffback page has the full month-by-month chart.