Thrushes (Turdidae)
East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi) - HBW 10, p. 732
French: Rougegorge de Gunning
German: Blauflügelrötel
Spanish: Akelat de Gunning
Other common names: Gunning’s Robin, Eastern/Gunning’s Akalat
Taxonomy: Sheppardia gunningi Haagner, 1909, Mzimbiti, near Beira, Mozambique.
Race bensoni strikingly distinctive, possibly better treated as a separate species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sokokensis (van Someren, 1921) - coastal SE Kenya, NE Tanzania, and Zanzibar I.
- alticola Fjeldså et al., 2000 - Nguu Mts, in E Tanzania.
- bensoni Kinnear, 1938 - NC Malawi.
- gunningi Haagner, 1909 - C Mozambique.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Poor shot of an extremely shy and difficult species.
Locality Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, Kenya (ssp sokokensis)
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