Equatorial Akalat (Sheppardia aequatorialis)

Other Names (World)
Equatorial Akalat, Acholi Akalat (acholiensis)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Jackson, 1906)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Equatorial Akalat (Sheppardia aequatorialis) [XC559203]
by Magnus Wadstein from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Kanungu, Western Region, Uganda (call)

Equatorial Akalat (Sheppardia aequatorialis) [XC739999]
by Peter Boesman from Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (song)

Subspecies
Previously treated as conspecific with Lowland Akalat (Sheppardia cyornithopsis).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

acholiensis Macdonald, 1940 - Imatong Mts, in southern Sudan.
aequatorialis (Jackson, 1906) - Eastern DRCongo, southern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and western Kenya.

References
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Files:

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