Subspecies (12)

• C. e. tytleri — Jerdon, 1863
• C. e. exilis — (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
• C. e. polionotus — Mayr, 1934
• C. e. volitans — (Swinhoe, 1859)
• C. e. semirufus — Cabanis, 1872
• C. e. rusticus — Wallace, 1863
• C. e. lineocapilla — Gould, 1847
• C. e. erythrocephalus — Blyth, 1851
• C. e. courtoisi — La Touche, 1926
• C. e. diminutus — Mathews, 1922
• C. e. alexandrae — Mathews, 1912
• C. e. equicaudatus — Baker, ECS, 1924