Subspecies (12)

• P. c. planorum — Hartert, EJO, 1905
• P. c. vauriei — Ripley, 1950
• P. c. ambiguus — (Raffles, 1822)
• P. c. mahrattarum — Hartert, EJO, 1905
• P. c. sarawacensis — Slater, HH, 1885
• P. c. cinereus — Vieillot, 1818
• P. c. hainanus — Hartert, EJO, 1905
• P. c. ziaratensis — Whistler, 1929
• P. c. decolorans — Koelz, 1939
• P. c. stupae — Koelz, 1939
• P. c. caschmirensis — Hartert, EJO, 1905
• P. c. templorum — Meyer de Schauensee, 1946