Sharpe's akalat

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Sharpe's akalat

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus:
Sheppardia
Species:
S. sharpei
Binomial name
Sheppardia sharpei
(Shelley, 1903)

Sharpe's akalat (Sheppardia sharpei) is a species of

Muscicapidae
. It is found in Tanzania and northern parts of Zambia and Malawi. Its natural
montane forests
.

Sharpe's akalat was described by the English ornithologist

Sheppardia that was introduced by the South African ornithologist Alwin Karl Haagner in 1909.[3] Both the common name and the specific epithet honour the English ornithologist and museum curator Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[2]

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