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Formerly considered conspecific with Long-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua paradisaea), Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua obtusa), Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah (Vidua interjecta) and Togo Paradise-whydah (Vidua togoensis). More recently treated as conspecific with Long-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua paradisaea) alone, but molecular-genetic data indicate that it is sister to Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah (Vidua interjecta) and Togo Paradise-whydah (Vidua togoensis). Certain specimens in tattered plumage from eastern Sudan and Eritrea suggest interbreeding between present species and Long-tailed Paradise-whydah (Vidua paradisaea).

In Sudan, proposed subspecies kudugliensis (described from Kadugli, in southern Kordofan) and nilotica (from c. 16 km above Abu Zor, in Blue Nile) are synonyms of nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• aucupum (Neumann, 1908)   -  Southern Mauritania, Senegal, northern Gambia and southern Mali east to southern Niger and northern Nigeria.
• orientalis (Heuglin, 1870)   -  Northern Cameroon, southern Chad, northern Central African Republic, south-central Sudan, northern Eritrea and north-western Ethiopia.

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