Chapin's babbler
| Chapin's babbler | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| 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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Kupeornis chapini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 81-81.
- Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.