Black-throated Barbet

What the Black-throated Barbet sounds like

Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Kudu Hills,Mererani, Simanjiro, Manyara Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Kudu Hills,Mererani, Simanjiro, Manyara Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Mererani, Simanjiro, Arusha Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Black-throated Barbet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-throated Barbet

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black-throated Barbet

The black-throated barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its distribution has moved northward.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademataThe red-fronted barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsutaIts length is 17–18 cm (6.7–7.1 in), and it weighs 43–63 g (1.5–2.2 oz). Miombo Pied BarbetTricholaema frontataIts length is approximately 16 cm (6.3 in), and its weight is 24.5–28 g (0.86–0.99 oz).