- Which parks and reserves are best for the Black-collared Barbet in South Africa?
- Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Black-collared Barbet at stays in or beside Kruger National Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
- Where can you see the Black-collared Barbet in South Africa?
- The Black-collared Barbet is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (35% of records), Mpumalanga (19% of records), Gauteng (17% of records), based on 2 835 iNaturalist observations. 15 places to stay on Spekboom have recorded the Black-collared Barbet on site or nearby.
- When is the best time to see the Black-collared Barbet?
- The Black-collared Barbet is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, the best seasons they give are Kruger National Park (Apr-Sep); in the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
- What is the Black-collared Barbet?
- The black-collared barbet ( Lybius torquatus ) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa through Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
