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Proposed subspecies pallidior (described from northern Guaso, on R Nyiro, in Kenya) is considered to be inseparable from charmosyna, and soligena (from Otjomassu Sandfield, in central Namibia) is synonymized with nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• charmosyna (Vieillot, 1817)   -  Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, southern Somalia, north-eastern Uganda and eastern Kenya. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Red-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda charmosyna).
• delamerei Sharpe, 1900   -  South-western Uganda, south-western Kenya and western and central Tanzania.
• kiwanukae van Someren, 1919   -  South-eastern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Red-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda charmosyna).
• erythronotos (Vieillot, 1817)   -  Southern Angola, south-western Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, northern Zimbabwe and northern South Africa (Limpopo south to northern Cape and western Free State).

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