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Akalat

Akalats

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family†:	Turdidae

Genera
Sheppardia

† see also: Turdidae and chat

The akalats are medium-sized insectivorous or birds in the genus Sheppardia of the thrush family Turdidae.

These are African forest dwelling species.

Species are:

Bocage's Akalat, Sheppardia bocagei
Lowland Akalat, Sheppardia cyornithopsis
Equatorial Akalat, Sheppardia aequatorialis
Sharpe's Akalat, Sheppardia sharpei
East Coast Akalat, Sheppardia gunningi
Gabela Akalat, Sheppardia gabela
Usambara Akalat, Sheppardia montana
Iringa Akalat, Sheppardia lowei

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