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Proposed subspecies sultaneus (northern India, Nepal), grandis (Polillo, in Philippines) and maculiceps (Basilan, in Philippines) considered too poorly differentiated to warrant recognition.

The following 13 subspecies are recognised:

• socialis Koelz, 1939   -  Western coast of India. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus).
• guttacristatus (Tickell, 1833)   -  North-western India and Nepal east to southern China (Yunnan) and south to Thailand and Indochina. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus).
• stricklandi (E. L. Layard, 1854)   -  Sri Lanka. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Greater Sri Lanka Flameback (Chrysocolaptes stricklandi).
• chersonesus Kloss, 1918   -  Peninsular Malaysia south to Sumatra and western Java.
• andrewsi Amadon, 1943   -  North-eastern Borneo (from around Sandakan to Sebatik I). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus).
• strictus (Horsfield, 1821)   -  Eastern Java. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Javan Flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus).
• kangeanensis Hoogerwerf, 1963   -  Coastal eastern Java, Bali and Kangean Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Javan Flameback (Chrysocolaptes strictus).
• haematribon (Wagler, 1827)   -  Northern Philippines (Luzon, Polillo, Marinduque and Catanduanes). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Luzon Flameback (Chrysocolaptes haematribon).
• erythrocephalus Sharpe, 1877   -  Balabac, Palawan and Calamian Group. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Red-headed Flameback (Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus).
• xanthocephalus Walden and E. L. Layard, 1872   -  Ticao, Masbate, Panay, Guimaras and Negros. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Yellow-faced Flameback (Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus).
• rufopunctatus Hargitt, 1889   -  Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Calicoan, Bohol and Panaon.
• lucidus (Scopoli, 1786)   -  Basilan and western Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula).
• montanus Ogilvie-Grant, 1905   -  Mindanao (except west) and Samal.

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