Thrushes (Turdidae)
Bocage's Akalat (Sheppardia bocagei) - HBW 10, p. 733
French: Rougegorge de Bocage
German: Bocagerötel
Spanish: Akelat de Bocage
Other common names: Bocage’s Robin/Ground-robin; Fernando Póo/Short-tailed Akalat (poensis)
Taxonomy: Cossypha bocagei Finsch and Hartlaub, 1870, Biballa, Angola.
Formerly placed in genus Cossypha. Nominate race and chapini belong to a “southern (S) group”, inhabiting lowland forest, the remaining races to a “ northern (N) group”, which inhabits montane forest; the two groups have been proposed as separate species on basis of morphological and structural differences, and reported vocal differences, but unclear whether appropriate samples have been compared; further detail required. When species placed in genus Cossypha, name poensis becomes preoccupied, and population of Bioko receives name insulana. Eight sub.. View all taxonomy...
Formerly placed in genus Cossypha. Nominate race and chapini belong to a “southern (S) group”, inhabiting lowland forest, the remaining races to a “ northern (N) group”, which inhabits montane forest; the two groups have been proposed as separate species on basis of morphological and structural differences, and reported vocal differences, but unclear whether appropriate samples have been compared; further detail required. When species placed in genus Cossypha, name poensis becomes preoccupied, and population of Bioko receives name insulana. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- granti (Serle, 1949) - SE Nigeria and W Cameroon.
- poensis (Alexander, 1903) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- schoutedeni (Prigogine, 1952) - E DRCongo.
- granti (Serle, 1949) - SE Nigeria and W Cameroon.
- poensis (Alexander, 1903) - Bioko I (Fernando Póo).
- schoutedeni (Prigogine, 1952) - E DRCongo.
- kaboboensis (Prigogine, 1955) - Mt Kabobo, in E DRCongo.
- kungwensis (Moreau, 1941) - Mt Kungwe, in W Tanzania.
- ilyai (Prigogine, 1987) - E of Mt Kungwe, in W Tanzania.
- chapini (Benson, 1955) - SE DRCongo, SW Tanzania and N Zambia.
- bocagei (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870) - W Angola.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual having a bath Locality Bioko (ssp poensis)
Ramón Antor 1986 9 years ago 16 sec 2.7
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Tape responsive presumed male
Locality Kakanda, Katanga Province, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
nvoaden 1 year ago 3.7 -
Tape responsive presumed male
Locality Kakanda, Katanga Province, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
nvoaden 11 September 2011 1 year ago 3.6
- No sound recordings available yet
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