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 20% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Puffback sighting in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, based on 361 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 252 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.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Puffback in Nyungwe National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May, the lowest month. That is one of Nyungwe National Park's wettest months, with about 550 mm of rain against 30 mm in July.
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.
3rd of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Northern Puffback sightings, Nyungwe National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 30%) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Puffback is recorded against all the birds logged in Nyungwe National Park (361 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.
