Bocage's Akalat (Sheppardia bocagei)
About the 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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 7 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Tanzania, Zambia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.