Subspecies (6)

• V. c. amauropteryx — (Sharpe, 1890)
• V. c. centralis — (Neunzig, 1928)
• V. c. okavangoensis — Payne, 1973
• V. c. neumanni — (Alexander, 1908)
• V. c. chalybeata — (Müller, PLS, 1776)
• V. c. ultramarina — (Gmelin, JF, 1789)