Iringa Akalat
Sheppardia lowei (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Sheppardia lowei, Iringa, TZ, 2023-09-23 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Iringa akalat (Sheppardia lowei) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
It is endemic to Iringa Region of Tanzania. The species is named after the collector Willoughby Prescott Lowe.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Iringa akalat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:27:03.868897+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sheppardia lowei (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941)
- Name authority
- (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941)
- Common name
- Iringa Akalat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Sheppardia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822
- genusSheppardia Haagner, 1909
- speciesSheppardia lowei (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1941)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sheppardia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bocage's RobinSheppardia bocagei (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gabela AkalatSheppardia gabela (Rand, 1957) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East Coast AkalatSheppardia gunningi Haagner, 1909 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sharpe's AkalatSheppardia sharpei (Shelley, 1903) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sheppardia aurantiithorax Beresford, Fjeldsa & Kiure, 2004 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis (Sharpe, 1901) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Usambara AkalatSheppardia montana (Reichenow, 1907) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562988 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4X4FL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.