Barbets (Capitonidae)
Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus) - HBW 7, p. 193
French: Barbican à collier
German: Halsband-Bartvogel
Spanish: Barbudo Acollarado
Taxonomy: Bucco torquatus Dumont, 1816, Brazil; error = Cookhouse, eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Closest relative is L. guifsobalito (with similar size, coloration, displays, sexual duet roles), but the two are not so close as to form a superspecies, though they react strongly to playback of each other’s voice. Also related, less closely, to L. rubrifacies. Race bocagei intergrades with congicus and torquatus, and both vivacens and irroratus intergrade with zombae; partly white morphs occur in at least two races (zombae, irroratus), and have been treated as races under names “albigularis” and “nampunj.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Bucco torquatus Dumont, 1816, Brazil; error = Cookhouse, eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Closest relative is L. guifsobalito (with similar size, coloration, displays, sexual duet roles), but the two are not so close as to form a superspecies, though they react strongly to playback of each other’s voice. Also related, less closely, to L. rubrifacies. Race bocagei intergrades with congicus and torquatus, and both vivacens and irroratus intergrade with zombae; partly white morphs occur in at least two races (zombae, irroratus), and have been treated as races under names “albigularis” and “nampunju”; birds from W Zimbabwe described as lucidiventris are inseparable from bocagei. In past, race bocagei was erroneously listed as a race of Stactolaema leucotis. Seven subspecies recognized.
Closest relative is L. guifsobalito (with similar size, coloration, displays, sexual duet roles), but the two are not so close as to form a superspecies, though they react strongly to playback of each other’s voice. Also related, less closely, to L. rubrifacies. Race bocagei intergrades with congicus and torquatus, and both vivacens and irroratus intergrade with zombae; partly white morphs occur in at least two races (zombae, irroratus), and have been treated as races under names “albigularis” and “nampunju”; birds from W Zimbabwe described as lucidiventris are inseparable from bocagei. In past, race bocagei was erroneously listed as a race of Stactolaema leucotis. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pumilio Grote, 1927 - E Zaire, S Uganda, E Rwanda and W Tanzania S to NE & E Zambia, N & W Malawi and NW Mozambique.
- irroratus (Cabanis, 1878) - coastal E Kenya S to CE Tanzania.
- zombae (Shelley, 1893) - SE Tanzania to SC Malawi and NE & C Mozambique.
- pumilio Grote, 1927 - E Zaire, S Uganda, E Rwanda and W Tanzania S to NE & E Zambia, N & W Malawi and NW Mozambique.
- irroratus (Cabanis, 1878) - coastal E Kenya S to CE Tanzania.
- zombae (Shelley, 1893) - SE Tanzania to SC Malawi and NE & C Mozambique.
- congicus (Reichenow, 1898) - N & NC Angola E to SC Zaire and NW Zambia.
- bocagei (Sousa, 1886) - S Angola and NE Namibia E to SW Zambia, N Botswana and W Zimbabwe.
- vivacens Clancey, 1977 - E Zimbabwe and S Malawi to WC & SC Mozambique.
- torquatus (Dumont, 1816) - SE Botswana and Transvaal E to Swaziland and E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird preening, with another one next to it Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp torquatus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 4 July 2006 4 years ago 48 sec 4.5 -
A bird opening its bill and stretching its wing and tail Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp bocagei)
Alex García · Videoaves 5 January 2008 5 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
Two birds perched after the rain Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp bocagei)
Alex García · Videoaves 5 January 2008 5 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
An adult foraging and eating berries Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp bocagei)
Greg Baker 13 September 1999 1 year ago 29 sec 3.7 -
A bird sunning on a branch Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp torquatus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 4 July 2006 4 years ago 26 sec 3.3 -
An individual perched Locality Victoria Falls, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp bocagei)
Greg Baker 15 September 1999 1 year ago 16 sec 2.8
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bird on a wall (close-up)
Locality Mabalingwe Lodge, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp torquatus)
Georges Olioso 12 September 2004 4 years ago 4.1 -
A bird in Olifants camp
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp torquatus)
Ghislain Gosse 26 July 2008 2 years ago 4 -
Regular visitor to our bird restaurant.
Locality Rietfontein, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa (ssp torquatus)
Robert Erasmus 27 August 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Feeding in our garden.
Locality Rietfontein, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa (ssp torquatus)
Robert Erasmus 27 August 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
A single bird foraging in a tree.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp torquatus)
David Beadle 15 January 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Fruiting
Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 4 November 2012 22 weeks ago 3.6
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