Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Akalats Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genera Sheppardia The akalats are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Sheppardia. They were formerly in the thrush family, Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae. These are African forest-dwelling species. Species are: 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 Usambara Akalat, Sheppardia montana Iringa Akalat, Sheppardia lowei This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.