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Genus sometimes subsumed in Malaconotus or in Chlorophoneus. Has also been placed also in genus Laniarius. Forms a superspecies with Many-coloured Bush-Shrike (Chlorophoneus multicolor) and possibly conspecific with it. Occurs in five main colour morphs.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• nigrifrons (Reichenow, 1896)   -  Mountains of eastern Uganda (Mt Elgon), Kenya, Tanzania and northern Malawi.
• manningi (Shelley, 1899)   -  Eastern Angola, south-eastern DRCongo (Katanga) and northern Zambia.
• sandgroundi Bangs, 1931   -  Southern Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and northern South Africa (Limpopo Province).

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