Lowland Akalat
Sheppardia cyornithopsis(Sharpe, RB, 1901)
English (US) Lowland Akalat
The Lowland Akalat (Sheppardia cyornithopsis) 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 cyornithopsis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lowland Akalat
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1901)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Sheppardia cyornithopsis houghtoni
- Sheppardia cyornithopsis cyornithopsis
- Sheppardia cyornithopsis lopezi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Callene cyornithopsis
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1901)
- Type locality
- Efulen, Kamerun.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 12 p.4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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