Chapin's flycatcher (''Fraseria lendu'') is a
bird species in the
Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). It is found in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Kenya,
Uganda, and possibly
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
. The
Itombwe flycatcher was formerly considered conspecific.
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.
References
Chapin's flycatcher
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapin's flycatcher
Chapin's flycatcher
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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