Difference between revisions of "Bocage's Akalat" - BirdForum Opus

Revision as of 18:52, 4 November 2023

Sheppardia bocagei

Photo © by safariranger
Kapishya Hot Springs, Zambia, July 2006

Identification

13–15 cm (5-6 in)

Dark grey crown
Light greyish lores
White supraloral stripe
Tawny-olive mantle to rump
Brown wings
Brownish tail

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia

Taxonomy

This species formerly included Short-tailed Akalat.

Subspecies

Clements recognizes three subspecies[1].

S. b. bocagei:

Western highlands of Angola

S. b. ilyai:

Western Tanzania (east of Mount Kungwe)

S. b. chapini:

South-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-central Zambia

Habitat

Lowland and montane forests and swamps.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists of insects such as beetles, flies, bugs and cockroaches.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2019)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bocage's Akalat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bocage%27s_Akalat

External Links

Search for photos of Bocage's Akalat in the gallery

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-;[[:Category:Sheppardia|Sheppardia]] bocagei
+;[[Category:Sheppardia]] [[:Category:Sheppardia|Sheppardia]] bocagei
 [[Image:Bocages_Akalat.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|safariranger|safariranger}} <br />Kapishya Hot Springs, [[Zambia]], July 2006]]
-'''Includes: Alexander's Akalat'''
 ==Identification==
 –15 cm (5-6 in)
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 ==Distribution==
 [[Africa]]<br />
-'''Western Africa''': [[Guinea]], [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
+'''Western Africa''': [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Angola]]<br />
 '''Eastern Africa''': [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]]<br />
-African Islands, Gulf of Guinea Islands, [[Bioko]] (Fernando Po)
 ==Taxonomy==
+This species formerly included [[Short-tailed Akalat]].
 ====Subspecies====
-There are 8 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
+Clements recognizes three subspecies[[#References|[1]]].
-*''S. b. granti'':
-:*Mountains of south-eastern [[Nigeria]] and western [[Cameroon]]
-*''S. b. poensis'':
-:*[[Bioko]] (Gulf of Guinea)
-*''S. b. kaboboensis'':
-:*Eastern [[Zaire]] (Mount Kabobo)
-*''S. b. schoutedeni'':
-:*Eastern [[Zaire]] (mountains west of Lake Edward to Kivu))
 *''S. b. bocagei'':
 :*Western highlands of [[Angola]]
-*''S. b. kungwensis'':
-:*Western [[Tanzania]] (Kungwe-Mahari Mountains)
 *''S. b. ilyai'':
 :*Western [[Tanzania]] (east of Mount Kungwe)
 *''S. b. chapini'':
-:*South-eastern [[Zaire]] and north-central [[Zambia]]
+:*South-eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and north-central [[Zambia]]
-The subspecies ''poensis'' from [[Bioko]] is sometimes considered a full species, '''Alexander's Akalat'''.
 ==Habitat==
 Lowland and montane forests and swamps.
@@ Line 42: / Line 32: @@
 The diet consists of insects such as beetles, flies, bugs and cockroaches.
 ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Avibase
+#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.2}}#Avibase
 #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2019)
 {{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Sheppardia+bocagei}}
+{{GSearch|"Sheppardia bocagei" {{!}} "Bocage's Akalat"}}
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sheppardia]]
+{{GS-checked}}1<br /><br />
+[[Category:Birds]]