Chapin's babbler explained

Chapin's babbler (Turdoides chapini) or Chapin's mountain-babbler, is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to the 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.[1]

Chapin's babbler was moved from the genus Kupeornis to Turdoides based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Beolens, Bo. Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. 2003. Christopher Helm. London. 81. Watkins, Michael.
  2. Cibois . A. . Gelang . M. . Alström . P. . Pasquet . E. . Fjeldså . J. . Ericson . P.G.P. . Olsson . U. . 2018 . Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy . Zoologica Scripta . 47 . 4 . 428–440 . 10.1111/zsc.12296 . 51883434 .
  3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Laughingthrushes and allies . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 16 January 2019 .