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Proposed subspecies niassae, described from Kondeland (north of L Malawi), in south-western Tanzania, appears indistinguishable from viridisplendens.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• verticalis (Latham, 1790)   -  Senegal east to western and northern Cameroon.
• bohndorffi (Reichenow, 1887)   -  Central and southern Cameroon and Central African Republic south to inland Gabon, middle DRCongo and northern Angola.
• cyanocephala (Bechstein, 1811)   -  Coasts of mainland Equatorial Guinea and Gabon south to north-western Angola (Cabinda) and extreme western DRCongo (mouth of R Congo).
• viridisplendens (Reichenow, 1891)   -  Southern Sudan and north-eastern and eastern DRCongo east to Uganda, Kenya (east to Mt Kenya) and Tanzania, and north-eastern Zambia and northern Malawi.

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