Rubeho akalat (Sheppardia aurantiithorax)

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Sheppardia (Sheppardia); Family Thrushes (Turdidae)
General: The Rubeho akalat (Sheppardia aurantiithorax) is a member of the Old World flycatcher family, (Muscicapiidae), known from the Eastern Arc of Tanzania. Akalats trapped in 1989 here were assumed to be an isolated population of Iringa akalat which occurs c. 150 km to the south, but further specimens collected in 2000 led to the description of the bird as a new species. The bird's English name relates to its type locality, Rubeho Mountains, Morogoro; the scientific name to the ochraceous colour on its throat and upper breast. [more]