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Additional subspecies described are connectens (single specimen from central India), included in indranee, and orientalis and shahensis, both treated as synonyms of ticehursti.

The following 14 subspecies are recognised:

• newarensis (Hodgson, 1836)   -  Himalayas, from Jammu and Kashmir east to north-eastern India. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Himalayan Wood-Owl (Strix newarensis).
• ticehursti Delacour, 1930   -  Northern and central Myanmar east to south-eastern China (north-east to Anhui), south to northern and western Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam.
• caligata (Swinhoe, 1863)   -  Hainan and Taiwan.
• laotiana Delacour, 1926   -  Southern Laos and central Vietnam (Annam).
• indranee Sykes, 1832   -  Peninsular India.
• ochrogenys (Hume, 1873)   -  Sri Lanka.
• maingayi (Hume, 1878)   -  Southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and Malay Peninsula.
• myrtha (Bonaparte, 1850)   -  Sumatra. Also reported from Mentawai Is (possibly this race).
• nyctiphasma Oberholser, 1924   -  Banyak Is, off western Sumatra.
• niasensis (Salvadori, 1887)   -  Nias I, off western Sumatra.
• chaseni Hoogerwerf & de Boer, 1947   -  Belitung I, off south-eastern Sumatra.
• vaga Mayr, 1938   -  Northern Borneo.
• leptogrammica Temminck, 1831   -  Central and southern Borneo.
• bartelsi (Finsch, 1906)   -  Java. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Bartels' Wood-Owl (Strix bartelsi).

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