Usambara akalat

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| name = Usambara akalat

| image =

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Sheppardia montana |volume=2016 |page=e.T22709659A94218406 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709659A94218406.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Sheppardia

| species = montana

| authority = (Reichenow, 1907)

| synonyms =

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The Usambara akalat (Sheppardia montana), also known as the Usambara alethe or Usambara robin-chat, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Usambara Mountains in Tanga Region of Tanzania.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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