Dryoscopus gambensis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and moist savanna. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 2 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 7 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 8 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 11 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 12 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 13 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 14 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 15 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 16 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 2 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | |
| 3 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | |
| 5 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 6 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 7 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 8 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Puffback sighting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, based on 604 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 400 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Puffback in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on a given day, against about 20% in March and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Puffback sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Northern Puffback sightings, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Puffback is recorded against all the birds logged in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (604 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
