Parent: Muscicapidae (Old world flycatchers)

└─ Sheppardia

└─── Sheppardia aequatorialis (Equatorial akalat)

└─── Sheppardia aurantiithorax

└─── Sheppardia bocagei (Bocage's robin)

└─── Sheppardia cyornithopsis (Lowland akalat)

└─── Sheppardia gabela (Gabela akalat)

└─── Sheppardia gunningi (East coast akalat)

└─── Sheppardia lowei (Iringa akalat)

└─── Sheppardia montana (Usambara akalat)

└─── Sheppardia sharpei (Sharpe's akalat)