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Akalat
The akalats ( stressed on the second syllable) are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Sheppardia. They were formerly placed in the thrush family, Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
These are African forest-dwelling species.
Species are:
- Bocage's akalat,
- Lowland akalat,
- Equatorial akalat,
- Sharpe's akalat,
- East coast akalat,
- Gabela akalat,
- Rubeho akalat,
- Usambara akalat,
- Iringa akalat,