East coast akalat

Sheppardia gunningi

The east coast akalat or Gunning's robin is a small passerine bird which can be found in the east of Africa from Kenya to Mozambique, and is named after J. W. B. Gunning.
East Coast Akalat, Kenya  East coast akalat,Geotagged,Kenya,Sheppardia gunningi,Summer

Appearance

This species is a forest-dwelling insectivorous bird related to the small Old World flycatchers commonly known as chats; like these, it was formerly placed with the thrushes.

The east coast akalat is affected by habitat loss. Having turned out to be more common than previously believed, it is downlisted from Vulnerable to Near Threatened in the 2007 IUCN Red List.

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Status: Near threatened
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMuscicapidae
GenusSheppardia
SpeciesS. gunningi
Photographed in
Kenya