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Proposed subspecies propinquatus (described from Baardheere, on R Jubba, in southern Somalia) is synonymized with melanorhynchus; terricolor (northern Namibia) included in ansorgei; stridens (eastern Tanzania) included in pectoralis; and stentor (from Northern Cape, in western South Africa) is treated as a synonym of nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

• melanorhynchus Rüppell, 1845   -  South-eastern Sudan, south-central Ethiopia, south-eastern Somalia, northern Uganda and Kenya.
• ansorgei Hartert, 1907   -  South-western Angola and northern Namibia.
• pectoralis (Peters, W, 1868)   -  Northern and central Tanzania, southern and eastern Zambia, southern Malawi, western Mozambique (western Zambezi Valley), northern Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.
• mahali Smith, 1836   -  Southern Namibia, southern Botswana, south-western Zimbabwe and northern and central South Africa.

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