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The akalats (stressed on the second syllable)〔As recorded by George L. Bates〕 are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus ''Sheppardia''. They were formerly placed in the thrush family, Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. These are African forest-dwelling species. Species are: * Bocage's akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia bocagei'' * Lowland akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia cyornithopsis'' * Equatorial akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia aequatorialis'' * Sharpe's akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia sharpei'' * East coast akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia gunningi'' * Gabela akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia gabela'' * Usambara akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia montana'' * Iringa akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia lowei'' * Rubeho akalat, ''ラテン語:Sheppardia aurantiithorax'' ==Etymology== Sharpe, who had never visited Africa, associated the akalats, in their Bulu appellation, with birds of "different kinds" occurring in the forest understorey. His main collector in West Africa, George L. Bates, denoted them more specifically as "little members of the genus ''Turdinus'', which are called in Fang and Bulu "Akalat"....". The latter genus denoted a group of Old World babblers, currently classed as near-babblers in the genus ''Illadopsis''. Bannerman's volumes on West African birds, published from 1930 through to 1951, became well-established reference works for the region, and retained the name akalat for ''Trichastoma'', which is ''Illadopsis''. Reichenow however classed ''Turdinus batesi'' as an ''Alethe'', then in the ''Turdidae'' (thrushes and flycatchers), followed by Jackson and Sclater in 1938 who applied it to ''Sheppardia'' specifically. Mackworth-Praed and Grant (1953, 1955) and Williams (1963 - 1980s) retained their usage. In 1964 the name was still recorded as denoting both groups, namely the ''Malococincla'', i.e. ''Illadopsis'' near-babblers in West Africa, and the ''Sheppardia'' chats in East African literature,〔A New Dictionary of Birds, ed. Sir A. Landsborough Thomson (London, Nelson, 1964)〕 though the latter convention prevailed in modern times. Yet the calls of the aforementioned species only doubtfully agree with the akalat's appellation as an omen of death. It is recorded that the akalat's forest song, respectively referred to as "boofio" and "woofio" by the Bulu and Ntumu peoples, is believed by them to predict the death of a near parent who bids them farewell with this song.〔: Un autre présage de mort est le chant de l’oiseau appelé «akalat», chez les Bulu «Boofio», chez les Ntumu «Woofio». Ce chant est toujours entendu dans la forêt et prédit la mort d’un proche parent qui par ce chant vous fait ses adieux.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「akalat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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