Some 9 to 12 subspecies are recognized: Two groups of subspecies are recognised, namely the 'white-winged' group of arid country, and the 'red-backed' group of mesic to moist habitats.
Intergradation between these is apparently limited to subspp.
brunneiceps and  vulpina around Simba, Kenya.
Otherwise the variation is clinal, though the extremes may be quite distinct.
Some 9 to 12 subspecies are recognized: Two groups of subspecies are recognised, namely the 'white-winged' group of arid country, and the 'red-backed' group of mesic to moist habitats. Intergradation between these is apparently limited to subspp. brunneiceps and  vulpina around Simba, Kenya. Otherwise the variation is clinal, though the extremes may be quite distinct.
White-browed scrub robin