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Sometimes treated as part of the superspecies formed by Grey-headed Bush-shrike (Malaconotus blanchoti), Monteiro's Bush-Shrike (Malaconotus monteiri) and Lagden's Bush-Shrike (Malaconotus lagdeni). Nominate subspecies of Monteiro's Bush-Shrike (Malaconotus monteiri) has been thought to be a colour morph of present species but is largely sympatric with Lagden's Bush-Shrike (Malaconotus lagdeni), so best regarded as separate species. Geographical variation not understood. Of the five subspecies named, based on extent and depth of orange or red suffusion of breast, and on size (slightly decreasing from west to east), only "nominate" (Sierra Leone east to south-eastern Nigeria), gabonensis (south-western Cameroon and Gabon) and adolfifriederici (PRCongo, southern Central African Republic, northern and eastern DRCongo and western Uganda) possibly worthy of recognition. However, most or all populations exhibit individual variation in amount of yellow/orange/red/scarlet below, and species probably polymorphic, rather than polytypic.


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