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Often treated as a conspecific with Hartert's Camaroptera (Camaroptera harterti). Subspecies form two complexes, the green-backed "nominate group" (pileata, fugglescouchmani, bororensis, constans and nominate) and the grey-backed "brevicaudata group" (remaining subspecies). These are often treated as comprising two separate species, but the groups share similar calls and displays, hybridize locally in Mozambique and Malawi, and do not exhibit significant genetic differences, and thus are probably best treated as representing a single species. Moreover, bororensis intergrades with sharpei in Malawi, and fugglescouchmani with intercalata in north-eastern Zambia. On the other hand, members of both forms occur together in north-eastern Tanzania and north-eastern South Africa, where they are segregated locally by habitat choice. Birds described as subspecies "congica" proved to be aberrant juveniles of subspecies cinereus of Miombo Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes undosus).

The following 17 subspecies are recognised:

• brevicaudata (Vieillot, 1820)   -  Widespread. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• tincta (Cassin, 1855)   -  Forest and woodland from Liberia east to western Kenya, south to north-western Angola. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• abessinica Zedlitz, 1911   -  Southern Sudan, north-eastern DRCongo, Ethiopia, Djibouti, north-western Somalia, northern Uganda and northern Kenya. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• insulata Desfayes, 1975   -  Forested areas of south-central Ethiopia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• aschani Granvik, 1934   -  Eastern DRCongo (Kivu), south-western Uganda and Kenyan Highlands. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• erlangeri Reichenow, 1905   -  Southern Somalia, eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• griseigula Sharpe, 1892   -  South-eastern Uganda, western Kenya and northern Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• intercalata C. M. N. White, 1960   -  Northern and north-eastern Angola, southern DRCongo, northern Zambia and western Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• sharpei Zedlitz, 1911   -  Southern Angola, northern Namibia, northern and eastern Botswana, southern Zambia, arid parts of western Malawi and northern South Africa (North West Province). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• transitiva Clancey, 1974   -  Zimbabwe, south-eastern Botswana and north-eastern South Africa. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• beirensis Roberts, 1932   -  Mozambique north of R Save, adjacent Zimbabwe, and south to north-eastern South Africa (north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata).
• pileata Reichenow, 1891   -  South-eastern Kenya and coastal Tanzania (inland to eastern Usambaras), including Zanzibar and Mafia I.
• fugglescouchmani Moreau, 1939   -  North-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi and eastern Tanzania.
• bororensis Gunning & Roberts, 1911   -  South-western Tanzania, northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.
• constans Clancey, 1952   -  South-eastern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, lowveld of South Africa and Swaziland.
• brachyura (Vieillot, 1820)   -  Coastal eastern and southern South Africa (from central KwaZulu-Natal south to George).
• harterti Zedlitz, 1911   -  Angola. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Hartert's Camaroptera (Camaroptera harterti).

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