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Vagrant to Nepal.

Birds of Thailand sometimes assigned to saturatus and sometimes to nominate badius, with those of Myanmar considered intermediate. Subspecies ripleyi and arixuthus might be untenable. Also, single record from eastern Philippines (Samar) described as separate subspecies, but specimen destroyed in 1945 and no further conclusions possible.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

• saturatus Robinson, 1927   -  Sikkim and north-eastern India, northern and central Myanmar and Thailand (except peninsular) east to Vietnam and south-eastern China (southern Yunnan, south-western Guangxi Zhuang, Hainan I); presence in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh unconfirmed.
• ripleyi Hussain and Reza Khan, 1978   -  Anaimalai-Nelliampathy Hills (south-western India).
• assimilis Hume, 1877   -  Central and southern Sri Lanka.
• badius (Horsfield, 1821)   -  Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas (including Nias).
• arixuthus Oberholser, 1932   -  Natuna Is (Bunguran).
• parvus Chasen, 1937   -  Belitung I.

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