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Proposed subspecies salvadorii (from western coast of Geelvink Bay) represents an intergrade population.

The following 21 subspecies are recognised:

• cerviniventris (Lesson & Garnot, 1827)   -  Northern West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Gemien).
• pallidus van Oort, 1907   -  Batanta I and Sagewin I.
• uropygialis (G. R. Gray, 1862)   -  Southern West Papuan Is (Salawati, Misool).
• tibialis (Sharpe, 1877)   -  North-western New Guinea (western half of Vogelkop).
• kirhocephalus (Lesson & Garnot, 1827)   -  North-eastern coast of Vogelkop (south to Momi).
• dohertyi Rothschild & Hartert, 1903   -  North-western New Guinea (Wandammen District and adjacent islands).
• rubiensis (Meyer, AB, 1884)   -  North-western New Guinea (head of Geelvink Bay).
• brunneivertex Rothschild, 1931   -  South-eastern coast of Geelvink Bay.
• jobiensis (Meyer, AB, 1874)   -  Islands in north-eastern Geelvink Bay (Yapen I, Kurudu I).
• meyeri Rothschild & Hartert, 1903   -  Northern coast of New Guinea from R Mamberano east to R Tami.
• senex Stresemann, 1922   -  Upper Sepik Valley (northern New Guinea).
• brunneicaudus (Meyer, AB, 1891)   -  North-eastern New Guinea from lower R Sepik east to upper R Ramu.
• decipiens (Salvadori, 1878)   -  Onin Peninsula, in south-western New Guinea.
• adiensis Mees, 1964   -  Adi I (off southern coast of Bomberai Peninsula).
• stramineipectus van Oort, 1907   -  Triton Bay district of south-western New Guinea.
• carolinae Junge, 1952   -  Etna Bay.
• aruensis (Sharpe, 1877)   -  Aru Is.
• nigripectus van Oort, 1909   -  Southern New Guinea from R Mimika east to upper R Eilanden.
• brunneiceps (D'Albertis and Salvadori, 1879)   -  Southern New Guinea from R Fly east to Gulf of Papua.
• meridionalis (Sharpe, 1888)   -  South-eastern New Guinea eastern from Chads Bay and Yule I district.
• salvadorii Meise, 1929   -  North-western New Guinea (Geelvink Bay region).

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