Chapin's flycatcher (Fraseria lendu) is a bird species in the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests. The Itombwe flycatcher was formerly considered conspecific.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Fraseria |
| Species: | F. lendu
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| Fraseria lendu (Chapin, 1932)
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Muscicapa lendu | |
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The common name commemorates the American ornithologist James Paul Chapin.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International. (2021). "Fraseria lendu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22709249A195449366. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22709249A195449366.en. 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.
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