Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Gabela Akalat (Sheppardia gabela), recorded as Endangered
Gabela Akalat (Sheppardia gabela). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Gabela Akalat

Sheppardia gabela

Gabela Akalat is a perching bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes) — Sheppardia gabela, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Sheppardia gabela
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Muscicapidae · Sheppardia

The perching bird

Published measurements include mass about 11.

Perching birds: the largest bird order. A species may be a babbler, a sparrow, a manakin, or a leafbird.

This is a named wild bird with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

Perching birds hold with three toes forward and one back. A named island starling or leafbird in this catalog is a wild population, not a cage type.

In crisis

Gabela Akalat is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Gabela Akalat — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1923553. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Rubeho Akalat (Sheppardia aurantiithorax), recorded as EndangeredEN

Rubeho Akalat

Sheppardia aurantiithorax
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Gabela Akalat?
Gabela Akalat is a perching bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes) — Sheppardia gabela.
What is the conservation status of Gabela Akalat?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Sheppardia gabela. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Gabela Akalat live?
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Why is Gabela Akalat in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Sheppardia gabela?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Gabela Akalat a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.