Gabela akalat  (Sheppardia gabela)

Description

Akalats are small, rather short-tailed robins (3). This akalat, named after the town near which it was discovered, has drab brown plumage, with an indistinct brown breast band, and a contrasting whitish throat and pale belly (2) (3). It has long legs, an upright stance, and a robin-like walk (3). It is thought that the Gabela akalat calls with a soft, deep and mournful ‘tseeo tseeo tseeo tseeo’ (4).

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