Chapin's apalis

Chapin's apalis (Apalis chapini) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Chapin's apalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Apalis
Species:
A. chapini
Binomial name
Apalis chapini
Friedmann, 1928
General range: the Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic

The common name and the Latin binomial commemorate the American ornithologist James Chapin.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Apalis chapini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22713806A94390013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22713806A94390013.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 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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