Black-collared Barbet
Lybius torquatus
A: Rooikophoutkapper
Ss: Kopaope
Z: usibagwebe, isinqonqotho, isandondondwane

BIRD FAMILY
Barbets and Tinkerbirds

SIZE
19-20cm (M)

HABITAT
Occurs in broad-leaved woodland, including well-wooded suburbia.

SPECIES DESCRIPTION
Common resident. Bright red forehead, face and foreneck, broad black collar, golden edges to wing-feathers and heavy black bill with ‘toothed’ ridge. Rarely, yellow replaces the red coloration; see illustration. Immature has red speckling on black. The call is a loud duet, starting with a whirring ‘kerrr-kerrr-kerrr’ and then becoming ‘too-puddely-too-puddely-too-puddely-too-puddely…’ about eight times, accompanied by wing-quivering and bobbing. Also calls ‘snaar’.