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Proposed subspecies impar (from Langbian massif, in southern Vietnam) treated as a synonym of concolor, but may, in view of its geographical isolation, deserve recognition. Further study is required.

The following 10 subspecies are recognised:

• psaroides Vigors, 1831   -  Himalayas from north-eastern Afghanistan (Kunar Valley) and northern Pakistan east to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, also southern Assam hills), southern Tibet and north-western Myanmar; old record(s) in central India.
• nigrescens Baker, ECS, 1917   -  North-eastern India (eastern Assam and Manipur) and western Myanmar (including Chin Hills and Arakan).
• sinensis (La Touche, 1922)   -  Breeds southern China (north-western Yunnan). Non-breeding Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
• stresemanni (Mayr, 1942)   -  Breeds southern China (northern Yunnan). Non-breeding Thailand and Laos.
• ambiens (Mayr, 1942)   -  North-eastern Myanmar and southern China (Salween watershed, in western Yunnan).
• concolor Blyth, 1849   -  Eastern Myanmar, southern China (southern Yunnan) and Indochina.
• leucothorax (Mayr, 1942)   -  Breeds central China (southern Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei). Non-breeding west, northern and eastern Myanmar, northern and north-eastern Thailand, northern Vietnam (Tonkin).
• leucocephalus (Gmelin, 1789)   -  Breeds south-eastern China (southern Anhui, Zhejiang and Hunan south to Guangxi and Guangdong). Non-breeding eastern Myanmar and northern Indochina.
• nigerrimus Gould, 1863   -  Taiwan.
• perniger Swinhoe, 1870   -  Southern China (Hainan); possibly also northern Vietnam (eastern Tonkin).

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