Bocage's Akalat - BirdForum Opus

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Sheppardia bocagei

Photo by safariranger
Kapishya Hot Springs, Zambia, July 2006

Includes: Alexander's Akalat

Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Tanzania, Zambia
African Islands, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Bioko (Fernando Po)

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[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

The subspecies poensis from Bioko is sometimes considered a full species, Alexander's Akalat.

Habitat

Lowland and montane forests and swamps.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• 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

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