Subspecies (13)

• S. v. caucasicus — Lorenz, T, 1887
• S. v. faroensis — Feilden, 1872
• S. v. vulgaris — Linnaeus, 1758
• S. v. zetlandicus — Hartert, EJO, 1918
• S. v. granti — Hartert, EJO, 1903
• S. v. poltaratskyi — Finsch, 1878
• S. v. tauricus — Buturlin, 1904
• S. v. purpurascens — Gould, 1868
• S. v. oppenheimi — Neumann, 1915
• S. v. humii — Brooks, WE, 1876
• S. v. nobilior — Hume, 1879
• S. v. porphyronotus — Sharpe, 1888
• S. v. minor — Hume, 1873