Chaplin's Barbet

Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Chaplin's Barbet is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Zambian Barbet or Chaplin's Barbet (Lybius chaplini) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae, which was until recently united with the other barbets in the Capitonidae. It is endemic to Zambia. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly classified as a Near Threatened species by the IUCN. But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to Vulnerable status in 2008. More

Assessment of Chaplin's Barbet in the Kafue Flats, Zambia, for Red Listing Purposes Location: Kafue Flats, Zambia Species: Chaplin's Barbet (Lybius chaplini) Abstract: Chaplin's barbet (Lybius chaplini) is endemic to Zambia, and is listed as Near Threatened (2004 IUCN Red List Category). Field surveys to establish their true status, distribution and ecological requirements are considered a priority by BirdLife International. More

The Zambian Barbet or Chaplin's Barbet (Lybius chaplini) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae, which was until recently united with the other barbets in the Capitonidae. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Lybiidae is a Bird family containing the African barbets. More

species, Chaplin's Barbet, features on the cover Zoom In Zambia's IBA guide with a difference = 30-09-2005 Most directories of Important Bird Areas can be used as site guides for birders. The newly-published Important Bird Areas in Zambia takes this one step further and even includes a section headed "Information for visitors", alongside the more familiar entries describing the site, its birds, other wildlife and conservation issues. More

Chaplin's Barbet, an endemic hole-nesting fig specialist in Zambia. Journal of Ornithology 147 (5) Suppl. 1: 241. Roxburgh, L. & Nicolson, S.W. 2005. Patterns of host use in two African mistletoes: the importance of mistletoe More

endemic being Chaplin's Barbet, found in the south, but the mopane-dwelling Black-cheeked Lovebird is a near endemic and there are several species more easily seen here than anywhere else. I was invited to join Tim and Laurel Osborne, ex-Alaskan residents who run a game farm in Northern Namibia, on their holiday birding and ringing tour of northwest Zambia. More