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 LC    Lowland Akalat* Id (Atlas):
    Sheppardia cyornithopsis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Lowland Akalat, Lowland Robin

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1901)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Lowland Akalat (Sheppardia cyornithopsis) [XC554694]
     by id from Mbam et Djerem National Park, WCS research station for Chimpanzee studies, main camp, Cameroon (adult, male, song)

 
Lowland Akalat (Sheppardia cyornithopsis) [XC554692]
     by Andres Angulo Rubiano from Mbam et Djerem National Park, WCS research station for Chimpanzee studies, main camp, Cameroon (adult, male, song)

Subspecies
Previously considered conspecific with Equatorial Akalat (Sheppardia aequatorialis).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • houghtoni Bannerman, 1931   -  Sierra Leone, southern Guinea, Liberia and western Ivory Coast.
  • cyornithopsis (Sharpe, 1901)   -  Southern Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic south to Gabon and PRCongo.
  • lopezi (Alexander, 1907)   -  Northern and eastern DRCongo and western and southern Uganda.



References
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Files:
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