| East coast akalat | |
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| Specimen at Nairobi National Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Sheppardia |
| Species: | S. gunningi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sheppardia gunningi Haagner, 1909
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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.[2]
- ^ 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.
- ^ See BirdLife International (2007a,b).