Sylvietta chapini Schouteden, 1947
Chapin’s crombec, Lendu crombec
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Sylvietta leucophrys chapini Schouteden, 1947
Conservation Status
Extant?
Last record: 1942
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
"Unsurveyed forest persists in its known range and the taxon is likely to survive (L.D.C. Fishpool in litt. 2011)."
(Szabo et al. 2012:Table S3, p. 4)
Distribution
Lendu Plateau, Democratic Republic of Congo (north-eastern)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schouteden, H. (1947). Un nouveau Sylvietta de la faune congolaise (Aves, Sylviidae). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 40: 193-194.
Other references:
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Butchart, Stuart H. M., Wheatley, Hannah, Lowe, Stephen, Westrip, James R. S., Symes, Andy and Martin, Rob W. (2018b). Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/vvjhpmyxb4.1
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