Alexander's Akalat, Sheppardia insulana kungwensis

This species was common in the high altitude forest in Mahale Mountains National Park in November 2006. The call and habitat are very different from that of Bocage's Akalat, Sheppardia bocagei ilyai, found in the lower altitude riverine forests throughout the Mahale ecosystem down to Northern Zambia. Field data strongly uphold the split proposed by Alexander Prigogine but not followed in BOA.

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