Black-collared Barbet

Lybius torquatus

The black-collared barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae which is native to sub-Saharan Africa. Indigenous names include Rooikophoutkapper in Afrikaans, isiKhulukhulu and isiQonQotho in Zulu, and Isinagogo in Xhosa. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 2,421 times across 8 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Africa ranged from 29°S in September to 17°S in August, about 1,200 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.