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Several other subspecies have been described, but validity doubtful: uluensis, canidorsalis and sequestris all normally included within nominate shelleyi. Dubious subspecies uluensis has alternatively been considered a subspecies of Grey-winged Francolin (Scleroptila afra). Subspecies elgonensis of Moorland Francolin (Scleroptila psilolaema) has been considered to belong to present species.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• shelleyi Ogilvie-Grant, 1891   -  Southern Uganda and south-western Kenya south through Tanzania, southern Zambia, southern Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to north-eastern South Africa and Swaziland.
• whytei (Neumann, 1908)   -  South-eastern Zaire, northern Zambia and northern Malawi. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Whyte's Francolin (Scleroptila whytei).
• uluensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1892)   -  Central and southern Kenya, northern Tanzania.
• macarthuri (van Someren, 1938)   -  Chyulu Hills (south-eastern Kenya).

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