Sharpe's akalat
Sharpe's akalat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Sheppardia
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Species: | S. sharpei
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Binomial name | |
Sheppardia sharpei (Shelley, 1903)
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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]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Shelley, George Ernest (1903). "Callene sharpei, n. sp". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 13 (97): 60.
- ^ Haagner, Alwin Karl (1909). "Descriptions of two new species of flycatchers from the Portuguese south-east Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 1: 179–180 [180].