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The akalats 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 Muscicapidae.
These are African forest-dwelling species.
Species are:
- Bocage's Akalat, Sheppardia bocagei
Lowland Akalat, Sheppardia cyornithopsis
Equatorial Akalat, Sheppardia aequatorialis
Sharpe's Akalat, Sheppardia sharpei
East Coast Akalat, Sheppardia gunningi
Gabela Akalat, Sheppardia gabela
Usambara Akalat, Sheppardia montana
Iringa Akalat, Sheppardia lowei
Rubeho Akalat, Sheppardia aurantiithorax