Chapin's Flycatcher

Chapin's Flycatcher
Chapin's Flycatcher
Itombwe Flycatcher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Muscicapa
Species: M. lendu
Binomial name
Muscicapa lendu
(Chapin, 1932)
Synonyms

Muscicapa itombwensis (but see text)

Chapin's Flycatcher (Muscicapa lendu) is a bird species in the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, and possibly Rwanda. The subspecies itombwensis (Itombwe Flycatcher) may constitute a separate species.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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