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. The Itombwe flycatcher was formerly considered conspecific.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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 (2012). "Muscicapa lendu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 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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