The short-tailed akalat (Sheppardia poensis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It has a scattered range throughout Central Africa. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Short-tailed akalat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Sheppardia
Species:
S. poensis
Binomial name
Sheppardia poensis
(Alexander, 1903)

The short-tailed akalat was formerly considered conspecific to Bocage's akalat (Sheppardia bocagei), but was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[2]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Sheppardia poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103766866A104210128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103766866A104210128.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.