Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei, ilyai or chapini] (Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini])

Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini]

Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei, ilyai or chapini] (= Sheppardia bocagei bocagei) (Finsch, FHO; Hartlaub, KJG 1870)

Bocage's akalat 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. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Sheppardia
Scientific:
  Sheppardia bocagei bocagei

Original description

Citation:
(Finsch, FHO; Hartlaub, KJG 1870)

Reference:
Vög. Ost.-Afr. [Finsch & Hartlaub]

Protonym:
Cossypha bocagei

Type locality:
Mossamedes Province [= Biballa, vide Barboza du Bocage, 1881, Orn. Angola, p. 259].

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49512#page/306/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
CD0DE54702C8C233

Avibase ID:
avibase-CD0DE547

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CD0DE547

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 921007

Geographic range:

Sheppardia bocagei bocagei: western highlands of Angola
Sheppardia bocagei ilyai: western Tanzania (east of Mount Kungwe)
Sheppardia bocagei chapini: southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-central Zambia

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini]
French:
Rougegorge de Bocage [bocagei, ilyai ou chapini]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini] ( Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei, ilyai or chapini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini] ( Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei, ilyai or chapini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini] ( Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei, ilyai or chapini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini] ( Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei, ilyai or chapini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini] ( Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei, ilyai or chapini])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Bocage's Akalat [bocagei, ilyai or chapini] ( Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei, ilyai or chapini])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
Clements, version 2022: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
Clements, version 2023: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Bocage's Akalat ( Sheppardia bocagei) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Sheppardia bocagei [bocagei]

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