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Subspecies appear to differ vocally, but recent treatment as four separate species perhaps premature. Proposed subspecies mabirae (DRCongo and Uganda) merged with xanthogaster.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

• erythrothorax Hartlaub, 1855   -  Sierra Leone east to southern Nigeria.
• pyrrholaemus Schmidt & Angehr, 2008   -  Coastal Gabon, south of the Ogooué River. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Olive-backed Forest-robin (Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus).
• gabonensis Sharpe, 1883   -  Western Cameroon south to western Gabon, also Bioko I (Fernando Póo). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Gabon Forest Robin (Stiphrornis gabonensis).
• xanthogaster Sharpe, 1903   -  South-eastern Cameroon and north-eastern Gabon east to northern and central DRCongo and southern Uganda. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Yellow-breasted Forest-robin (Stiphrornis xanthogaster).
• sanghensis Beresford & Cracraft, 1999   -  South-western Central African Republic. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Sangha Forest Robin (Stiphrornis sanghensis).
• dahomeyensis Voelker et al., 2016   -  Southern Benin, south-eastern Ghana.
• inexpectatus Voelker et al., 2016   -  South-western Ghana.
• rudderi Voelker et al., 2016   -  North-central DR Congo.

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