Subspecies (8)

• P. c. bohndorffi — Reichenow, 1887
• P. c. cucullatus — (Müller, PLS, 1776)
• P. c. frobenii — Reichenow, 1923
• P. c. abyssinicus — (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
• P. c. collaris — Vieillot, 1819
• P. c. nigriceps — (Layard, EL, 1867)
• P. c. graueri — Hartert, EJO, 1911
• P. c. spilonotus — Vigors, 1831