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Proposed subspecies rex (described from Sorong district, in Vogelkop) and gymnorhynchus (from near Finschhafen, on north-eastern coast of Huon Peninsula) synonymized with nominate, and cryptorhynchus (from Taua, on lower Mamberamo R) and similis (from Stephansort, in Astrolabe Bay) treated as synonyms of coccineifrons.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• regius (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  West Papuan Is (Salawati, Misool), Aru Is, and scattered localities in mainland New Guinea except northern portion.
• coccineifrons Rothschild, 1896   -  Northern New Guinea from eastern coast of Geelvink Bay east to eastern Ramu R.

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