- Sheppardia bocagei
Alternative name: Bocage's Robin
Identification
13–15 cm (5-6 in)
- Dark grey crown
- Light greyish lores
- White supraloral stripe
- Tawny-olive mantle to rump
- Brown wings
- Brownish tail
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia
Taxonomy
This species formerly included Short-tailed Akalat.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes three subspecies[1].
- S. b. bocagei:
- Western highlands of Angola
- S. b. ilyai:
- Western Tanzania (east of Mount Kungwe)
- S. b. chapini:
- South-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-central Zambia
Habitat
Lowland and montane forests and swamps.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists of insects such as beetles, flies, bugs and cockroaches.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2019)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bocage's Akalat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bocage%27s_Akalat
External Links
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