- Black-collared Barbet
Taxobox
name = Black-collared Barbet
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Piciformes
familia =Ramphastidae
genus = "Lybius "
species = "L. torquatus"
binomial = "Lybius torquatus"
binomial_authority = (Dumont, 1816)
synonyms = The Black-collared Barbet ("Lybius torquatus") is a species ofbird in theRamphastidae family.It is found insub-Saharan Africa throughAngola ,Botswana ,Burundi ,Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Kenya ,Lesotho ,Malawi ,Mozambique ,Namibia ,Rwanda ,South Africa ,Swaziland ,Tanzania ,Uganda ,Zambia , andZimbabwe .Readily recognised by its loud duet, commonly rendered as "too-puddly too-puddly too-puddly".... and its snarling warning call. This is a gregarious species, often acting in concert when driving off intruders and roosting together in nest holes. Their flight is direct with a loud whirring of wings. [Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa ISBN 0 620 17583 4]
References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47495/all Lybius torquatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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