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| | ;[[: Category:Dryoscopus|Dryoscopus]] pringlii | | ;[[: Category:Dryoscopus|Dryoscopus]] pringlii |
| | + | [[Image:Pringel's_Puffback.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br>Location: Yabello, [[Ethiopia]]]] |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | Length 13-14 cm; smaller than [[Northern Puffback]] and [[Black-backed Puffback]]; eyes red, legs black, upper mandible black, lower mandible pale. |
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| | + | '''Male''': Head, back and tail black; wings black, grey and white; underparts whitish. |
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| | + | '''Female''': Grey with white-edged wing-coverts; underparts paler than upperparts; lores white. |
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| | + | ====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. |
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| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Somalia]], and [[Tanzania]]. | | [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Somalia]], and [[Tanzania]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | This is a monotypic species | + | This is a monotypic species. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Dry savanna. | + | Dry savanna and thicket. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | A "skulker", keeps low in dense vegetation; joins mixed-species flocks. |
| | + | ====Vocalization==== |
| | + | Call is a sharp ''teeu''. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Dryoscopus+pringlii}} | | {{GSearch|Dryoscopus+pringlii}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dryoscopus]] [[Category:Incomplete]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Dryoscopus]] |
Current revision
- Dryoscopus pringlii
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Distribution
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
[edit] Habitat
Dry savanna and thicket.
[edit] Behaviour
A "skulker", keeps low in dense vegetation; joins mixed-species flocks.
[edit] Vocalization
Call is a sharp teeu.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
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