Black-collared Barbet
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| Black-collared Barbet | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Lybiidae |
| Genus: | Lybius |
| Species: | L. torquatus |
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| Lybius torquatus (Dumont, 1816) |
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The Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus) is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa through Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Readily recognised by its loud duet, commonly rendered as "too-puddly too-puddly too-puddly".... accompanied by wing-flicking. This bird produces a variety of calls including its snarling warning call and loud buzzing. It is a gregarious species, often acting in concert when driving off intruders and roosting together (up to 15 recorded) in nest holes. Their flight is direct with a loud whirring of wings.[1]
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- BirdLife International 2004. Lybius torquatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
- ^ Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa ISBN 0-620-17583-4
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