Black-throated Sunbird (Male) © David Bakewell

Proposed subspecies ariel, described from near Nokrek (in Garo Hills), in north-eastern India, considered inseparable from assamensis.

The following 10 subspecies are recognised:

• saturata (Hodgson, 1836)   -  Himalayas from northern India (Garhwal and Mussoorie) east to Nepal, Bhutan and southern China (south-eastern Xizang).
• assamensis (Horsfield, 1840)   -  North-eastern India, northern Myanmar and southern China (western Yunnan).
• petersi Deignan, 1948   -  Eastern Myanmar, extreme northern Thailand, northern Laos, northern Vietnam and south-eastern China (south-eastern Yunnan, western Guangxi).
• galenae Deignan, 1948   -  North-western Thailand.
• sanguinipectus Walden, 1875   -  South-eastern Myanmar.
• anomala Richmond, 1900   -  Southern Thailand (south to Trang).
• wrayi Sharpe, 1887   -  Malay Peninsula south of Trang.
• ochra Deignan, 1948   -  Southern Laos and central Vietnam.
• cambodiana Delacour, 1948   -  South-western Cambodia.
• johnsi Robinson & Kloss, 1919   -  Southern Vietnam.

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