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Akalat
The akalats ( stressed on the second syllable) are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus ''Sheppardia''. They were formerly placed in the thrush family, Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. The genus contains 11 Sub-Saharan forest-dwelling species: * Grey-winged robin-chat, ''Sheppardia polioptera'' (formerly placed in '' Cossypha'') * Short-tailed akalat, ''Sheppardia poensis'' (split from ''S. bocagei'') * Bocage's akalat, ''Sheppardia bocagei'' * Lowland akalat, ''Sheppardia cyornithopsis'' * Equatorial akalat, ''Sheppardia aequatorialis'' * Sharpe's akalat, ''Sheppardia sharpei'' * East coast akalat, ''Sheppardia gunningi'' * Gabela akalat, ''Sheppardia gabela'' * Rubeho akalat, ''Sheppardia aurantiithorax'' * Usambara akalat, ''Sheppardia montana'' * Iringa akalat, ''Sheppardia lowei'' Taxonomy and etymology The genus ''Sheppardia'' was introduced in 1909 by the South African ornithologist Alwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubeho Akalat
The Rubeho akalat (''Sheppardia aurantiithorax'') is a member of the Old World flycatcher family, (Muscicapiidae), known from the Rubeho Mountains in Dodoma Region. The mountains are a part of the Eastern Arc of Tanzania. Akalats trapped in 1989 here were assumed to be an isolated population of Iringa akalat which occurs c. 150 km to the south, but further specimens collected in 2000 led to the description of the bird as a new species. The bird's English name relates to its type locality, Rubeho Mountains, Morogoro; the scientific name to the ochraceous colour on its throat and upper breast. The Rubeho akalat is found in the Rubeho Mountains, the Wota Mountains northwest of the Rubehos, the Ukaguru Mountains, and Mount Kiboriani northwest of the Ukugurus, between 1660 and 2400 meters elevation. The species is thought to be fairly common in montane forests within its small range, but its very limited distribution has let to it being classified as Endangered species in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocage's Akalat
Bocage's akalat (''Sheppardia bocagei'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Portuguese naturalist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage. The short-tailed akalat (''S. poensis'') or Alexander's akalat was formerly considered conspecific, but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. This species' name commemorates Boyd Alexander, an English ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th .... References Bocage's akala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharpe's Akalat
Sharpe's akalat (''Sheppardia sharpei'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Tanzania and northern parts of Zambia and Malawi. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Sharpe's akalat was described by the English ornithologist George Ernest Shelley in 1903. He coined the binomial name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ... ''Callene sharpei''. Sharpe's akalat is now placed in the genus '' Sheppardia'' that was introduced by the South African ornithologist Alwin Karl Haagner in 1909. Both the common name and the specific epithet honour the English ornithologist and museum curator Richard Bowdler Sharpe. References Sharpe's akalat Birds of East Africa Fauna of Tanzania Sharpe's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short-tailed Akalat
The short-tailed akalat (''Sheppardia poensis'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has a scattered range throughout Central Africa. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The short-tailed akalat was formerly considered conspecific to Bocage's akalat (''Sheppardia bocagei''), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ... in 2021. References Short-tailed akalat Birds of Central Africa Short-tailed akalat Taxa named by Boyd Alexander {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Coast Akalat
The east coast akalat or Gunning's robin (''Sheppardia gunningi'') is a small passerine bird which can be found in the east of Africa from Kenya to Mozambique, and is named after J. W. B. Gunning. This species is a forest-dwelling insectivorous bird related to the small Old World flycatchers commonly known as chats; like these, it was formerly placed with the thrushes (Turdidae). The east coast akalat is affected by habitat loss. Having turned out to be more common than previously believed, it is downlisted from Vulnerable to Near Threatened in the 2007 IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ....See BirdLife International (2007a,b). References * BirdLife International (2007a): 2006-2007 Red List status changes]. Retrieved 2007-AUG-26. * BirdLife Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabela Akalat
The Gabela akalat (''Sheppardia gabela'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Angola. The name is in part derived from the town where they were first observed, Gabela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References Gabela akalat Endemic birds of Angola Gabela akalat Gabela akalat Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowland Akalat
The lowland akalat (''Sheppardia cyornithopsis'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, disco .... References lowland akalat Birds of the African tropical rainforest lowland akalat Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usambara Akalat
The Usambara akalat (''Sheppardia montana''), also known as the Usambara alethe or Usambara robin-chat, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Usambara Mountains in Tanga Region of Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References Usambara akalat Endemic birds of Tanzania Usambara akalat Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iringa Akalat
The Iringa akalat (''Sheppardia lowei'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Iringa Region of Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References Iringa akalat Endemic birds of Tanzania Iringa akalat Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equatorial Akalat
The equatorial akalat (''Sheppardia aequatorialis'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Subspecies * ''S. a. acholiensis'' : Imatong Mountains * ''S. a. aequatorialis'' : eastern DRC, southern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and western Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , .... References equatorial akalat Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa equatorial akalat Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Richard Bowdler Sharpe (22 November 1847 – 25 December 1909) was an English zoologist and ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. In the course of his career he published several monographs on bird groups and produced a multi-volume catalogue of the specimens in the collection of the museum. He described many new species of bird and also has had species named in his honour by other ornithologists including Sharpe's longclaw (''Macronyx sharpei'') and Sharpe's starling (''Poeoptera sharpii''). Biography Richard was born in London, the first son of Thomas Bowdler Sharpe. His grandfather, Reverend Lancelot Sharpe was Rector of All Hallows Staining. His father was a publisher on Skinner Street and was best known for being the publisher of ''Sharpe's London Magazine'', an illustrated periodical (weekly but monthly from 1847). His care from the age of six was under an aunt, Magdalen Wallace, widow of the headmaster at G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-winged Robin-chat
The grey-winged robin-chat or grey-winged akalat (''Cossypha polioptera'') is a bird in the family Muscicapidae.Collar, N. (2019)"Grey-winged Akalat (''Sheppardia polioptera'')" In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive''. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2019. The species was first described by Anton Reichenow in 1892. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
