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Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Sheppardia

Short-tailed Akalat

Sheppardia poensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (shtaka2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Sheppardia

Subspecies (5)

Sheppardia poensis granti

mountains of southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon
Sheppardia poensis kaboboensis

eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mount Kabobo)
Sheppardia poensis kungwensis

western Tanzania (Kungwe-Mahari Mountains)
Sheppardia poensis poensis

Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
Sheppardia poensis schoutedeni

eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (mountains west of Lake Edward to Kivu)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (shtaka2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.