Sabine's puffback
Species of bird
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Sabine's puffback (/ˈseɪbɪn/ SAY-bin; Dryoscopus sabini), also known as the large-billed puffback, is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest (western and sparsely throughout Central Africa). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Dryoscopus |
| Species: | D. sabini |
| Binomial name | |
| Dryoscopus sabini (Gray, JE, 1831) | |
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate General Sir Edward Sabine.
