Some 15 subspecies are recognized: •
A. (c.) camaroonensis Shelley, 1900 – highlands of western
Cameroon •
A. c. lynesi Bannerman & Bates, 1926 – southeastern
Nigeria to southwestern
Sudan •
A. c. stabilis Clancey, 1986 – locally in Sudan and
South Sudan •
A. c. cinnamomeus Rüppell, 1840 – locally in
Ethiopian highlands •
A. c. eximius Clancey, 1986 – southern
Arabian peninsula •
A. c. annae R.Meinertzhagen, 1921 – coastal
Horn of Africa to coastal
Tanzania •
A. c. itombwensis Prigogine, 1981 – eastern highlands of the
DRC •
A. c. lacuum R.Meinertzhagen, 1920 – perimeter of
Lake Victoria to central Tanzania •
A. c. latistriatus F.J.Jackson, 1899 – seasonal vagrant from its
Itombwe Mountains breeding range •
A. c. winterbottomi Clancey, 1985 – highlands of
Malawi and adjacent countries •
A. c. lichenya Vincent, 1933 – plateaus of tropical and southcentral Africa, incl.
Zimbabwean plateau •
A. c. spurium Clancey, 1951 – lowlands of southcentral Africa to coastal lowlands of
Mozambique •
A. c. bocagii Nicholson, 1884 – drier regions of southcentral Africa, reaching northern South Africa •
A. c. grotei Niethammer, 1957 – higher rainfall regions of
Namibia and
Botswana •
A. c. rufuloides Roberts, 1936 – plateaus and lowlands of
South Africa,
Eswatini and
Lesotho ==Distribution and habitat==