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Includes: Alexander's Akalat
- Sheppardia poensis
Identification
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Tanzania
African Islands, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)
Taxonomy
This species was formerly included within Bocage's Akalat.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes five subspecies[1].
- S. b. granti:
- S. b. poensis:
- Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
- S. b. kaboboensis:
- Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mount Kabobo)
- S. b. schoutedeni:
- Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (mountains west of Lake Edward to Kivu))
- S. b. kungwensis:
- Western Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahari Mountains)
The subspecies poensis from Bioko is sometimes considered a full species, Alexander's Akalat.
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
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/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Short-tailed Akalat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Short-tailed_Akalat
External Links
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