Chapin's babbler
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| Species: | K. chapini
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| Kupeornis chapini Schouteden, 1949
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The Chapin's babbler or Chapin's mountain-babbler (Kupeornis chapini) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. 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
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- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 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.