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East coast akalat
Specimen at Nairobi National Museum
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Sheppardia
Species:	S. gunningi
Binomial name
Sheppardia gunningi Haagner, 1909

The east coast akalat or Gunning's robin (Sheppardia gunningi) is a small passerine bird which can be found in the east of Africa from Kenya to Mozambique, and is named after J. W. B. Gunning.

This species is a forest-dwelling insectivorous bird related to the small Old World flycatchers commonly known as chats; like these, it was formerly placed with the thrushes (Turdidae).

The east coast akalat is affected by habitat loss. Having turned out to be more common than previously believed, it is downlisted from Vulnerable to Near Threatened in the 2007 IUCN Red List.

References

• BirdLife International (2007a): . Retrieved 2007-AUG-26.
• BirdLife International (2007b): East Coast Akalat - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Retrieved 2007-AUG-28.

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Sheppardia gunningi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22709650A111057443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22709650A111057443.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. See BirdLife International (2007a,b).

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