Bocage's Akalat
Sheppardia bocagei(Finsch, FHO; Hartlaub, KJG, 1870)
English (US) Bocage's Akalat
The Bocage's Akalat (Sheppardia bocagei) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Sheppardia bocagei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bocage's Akalat
- Described by
- (Finsch, FHO; Hartlaub, KJG, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Sheppardia bocagei ilyai
- Sheppardia bocagei chapini
- Sheppardia bocagei bocagei
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cossypha bocagei
- Described by
- (Finsch, FHO; Hartlaub, KJG, 1870)
- Type locality
- Mossamedes Province [= Biballa, vide Barboza du Bocage, 1881, Orn. Angola, p. 259].
- Original description
- Die Vögel Ost-Afrikas p.284
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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