Black-collared Barbet

Lybius torquatus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Piciformes
Family
Lybiidae
Genus
Lybius
eBird Code
blcbar1

Vocalizations

flamelily · CC0_1_0
Karen Eichholz · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (7)

  • Lybius torquatus bocagei

    southern Angola to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, southwestern Zambia, and western Zimbabwe

  • Lybius torquatus congicus

    northern Angola to south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo and northwestern Zambia

  • Lybius torquatus irroratus

    coastal eastern Kenya (Lamu and Tana River) to central Tanzania

  • Lybius torquatus pumilio

    eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to eastern Rwanda, western Tanzania, northern Zambia, and northwestern Mozambique

  • Lybius torquatus torquatus

    southeastern Botswana, eastern South Africa, and Eswatini

  • Lybius torquatus vivacens

    south-central and western Mozambique to eastern Zimbabwe and southern Malawi

  • Lybius torquatus zombae

    southeastern Tanzania to south-central Malawi and central Mozambique

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.