Dryoscopus gambensis
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In 3 days ~90% 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.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 8 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 9 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 11 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Kakum National Park | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 13 | Akagera National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 14 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 16 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 17 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 18 | 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 |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Puffback sighting in Mole National Park on a given day, based on 250 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 266 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and September–October
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Puffback in Mole National Park on a given day, against about 40% in January, the lowest month. July has too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Northern Puffback sightings, Mole National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 30%) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Malaconotidae
The closest relatives of the Northern Puffback that you can see in Mole National Park (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Yellow-crowned Gonolek (about 50%), Brubru (about 30%) and Black-crowned Tchagra (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Puffback is recorded against all the birds logged in Mole National Park (250 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.
