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Birds of Sumatran zone sometimes receive different subspecific designations: those of northern Sumatra have been placed in subspecies atrogularis; those of central Sumatra subspecies machetes; and those of Belitung I subspecies kuiperi. However, there are no clear patterns of geographical variation, and all three populations probably best retained in nominate suscitator.

The following 18 subspecies are recognised:

• suscitator (Gmelin, 1789)   -  Sumatra, Belitung I and Bangka I to Java and Bali.
• taigoor (Sykes, 1832)   -  India.
• leggei Baker, ECS, 1920   -  Sri Lanka.
• plumbipes (Hodgson, 1837)   -  Nepal, Sikkim, Bangladesh and Assam east to north-eastern Myanmar.
• bengalensis Blyth, 1852   -  Lower western Bengal (India).
• okinavensis Phillips, AR, 1947   -  Southern Kyushu and Makenoshima I (Japan) south to Ryukyu Is.
• rostratus Swinhoe, 1865   -  Taiwan.
• blakistoni (Swinhoe, 1871)   -  Myanmar and northern Vietnam to southern China and Hainan.
• pallescens Robinson and Stuart Baker, 1928   -  South-central Myanmar.
• thai Deignan, 1946   -  Central Thailand.
• interrumpens Robinson and Stuart Baker, 1928   -  Peninsular Myanmar and Thailand.
• atrogularis (Eyton, 1839)   -  Malay Peninsula.
• baweanus Hoogerwerf, 1962   -  Bawean I (Java).
• fasciatus Temminck, 1815   -  Northern Philippines (Luzon to Mindoro, Sibuyan and Masbate).
• haynaldi Blasius, W, 1888   -  Palawan and Calamian Group (western Philippines).
• nigrescens Tweeddale, 1878   -  Panay and nearby islands south to Negros and Cebu (central-eastern Philippines).
• rufilatus Wallace, 1865   -  Sulawesi.
• powelli Guillemard, 1885   -  Lombok, Sumbawa, Sangeang, Flores, Lomblen and Alor (Lesser Sundas).

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