Black-collared Barbet

July 31, 2012
Tuesdays are for the birds...today it's the Black-collared Barbet (Lybius dentatus).
Barbets are relatives of woodpeckers and there are species throughout the tropical regions of the world. This Black-collared Barbet is a species of dry forest in Sub-Saharan Africa.

See The Field Museum's Bird Collection databases online.
 

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(c) The Field Museum, Division of Birds (Photo by J. Weckstein).