Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) [XC192173]
by Mike Nelson from Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia (song)
Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) [XC797021]
by Ding Li Yong from Singapore Kranji Marshes, Singapore (song, subsong)
Subspecies
May form a superspecies with White-rumped Triller (Lalage leucopygialis) and sometimes considered conspecific. It is also suggested that it may form a superspecies with White-shouldered Triller (Lalage sueurii) or they may be conspecific.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
nigra (Forster, 1781) - Borneo and adjacent islands, and Philippines.
davisoni Kloss, 1926 - Southern Andaman Is, and central Nicobar Is (Camorta, Katchall, Trinkat).
striga (Horsfield, 1821) - Southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra (including Nias I), Bangka, Belitung and western Java (including Karimunjawa Is).