Sharpe's Akalat
Sheppardia sharpei(Shelley, GE, 1903)
English (US) Sharpe's Akalat
The Sharpe's Akalat (Sheppardia sharpei) 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 sharpei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sharpe's Akalat
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1903)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Sheppardia sharpei usambarae
- Sheppardia sharpei sharpei
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Callene sharpei
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1903)
- Type locality
- Masisi Hill.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13 p.60
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Grey-winged Robin-Chat
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Bocage's Akalat
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Lowland Akalat
Sheppardia cyornithopsis
Equatorial Akalat
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East Coast Akalat
Sheppardia gunningi
Gabela Akalat
Sheppardia gabela
Usambara Akalat
Sheppardia montana
Iringa Akalat
Sheppardia lowei
Rubeho Akalat
Sheppardia aurantiithorax
White-throated Robin
Irania gutturalis
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