East Coast Akalat
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = East Coast Akalat | status = Conservation status: Vulnerable | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Muscicapidae | genus = Sheppardia | species = S. gunningi | binomial = Sheppardia gunningi | binomial_authority = 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.
It is a forest-dwelling insectivorous species related to the small Old World thrushes commonly known as chats.
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