- Dryoscopus pringlii
Identification
Length 13-14 cm; smaller than Northern Puffback and Black-backed Puffback; eyes red, legs black, upper mandible black, lower mandible pale.
Male: Head, back and tail black; wings black, grey and white; underparts whitish.
Female: Grey with white-edged wing-coverts; underparts paler than upperparts; lores white.
Similar species
Northern Puffback has an all-black bill; female is browner. Black-backed Puffback male is more boldly black-and-white; female has distinct white eyebrow.
Distribution
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dry savanna and thicket.
Behaviour
A "skulker", keeps low in dense vegetation; joins mixed-species flocks.
Vocalization
Call is a sharp teeu.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Pringle's Puffback. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pringle%27s_Puffback
