Chapin's babbler

Chapin's babbler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Kupeornis
Species: K. chapini
Binomial name
Kupeornis chapini
Schouteden, 1949

The Chapin's babbler or Chapin's mountain-babbler (Kupeornis chapini) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The common name and the Latin binomial commemorate the American ornithologist James Paul Chapin.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Kupeornis chapini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 81-81.
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