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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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