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Vagrant to Namibia.

Proposed subspecies persimilis (Angola to northern Malawi) inseparable from ruwenzori.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• ruwenzori (Sharpe, 1902)   -  Angolan highlands, and eastern Zaire and south-western Uganda (Ruwenzoris and Impenetrable Forest), south to north-central and north-eastern Namibia, south-central Zambia and northern Malawi.
• kilimensis (Neumann, 1926)   -  Tanzanian highlands: Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Meru, and mountains of northern Pare, Usambara, Uluguru and Udzungwa.
• griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783)   -  Extreme southern Mozambique (Lebombo Mts) and eastern and southern South Africa (eastern Natal to southern Cape Province).

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