| Dryoscopus | |
|---|---|
 Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla) | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Malaconotidae |
| Genus | Dryoscopus |
Dryoscopus is a genus of bushshrikes in the Malaconotidae family. All of which are indigenous to various parts of Africa.
The name Dryoscopus is a compound Greek word: drus from the Greek word for "tree" and skopos, meaning "watcher or lookout".
Species[]
It contains the following species:
Pink-footed Puffback (Hartlaub, 1860) (Dryoscopus angolensis) Black-backed Puffback (Shaw, 1809) (Dryoscopus cubla) Northern Puffback (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Dryoscopus gambensis) Pringle's Puffback (Jackson, 1893) (Dryoscopus pringlii) Sabine's Puffback (Gray, 1831) (Dryoscopus sabini) Red-eyed Puffback (Hartlaub, 1857) (Dryoscopus senegalensis)