Centropus milo  Gould, 1856 
 
C. m. albidiventris  Rothschild, 1904 
 
 
  
 
Centropus ateralbus  Lesson, 1826 
 
 
Centropus menbeki  Lesson & Garnot, 1828 
 
C. m. aruensis  (Salvadori, 1878) 
 
 
  
 
Centropus chalybeus  (Salvadori, 1876) 
 
 
Centropus unirufus  (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) 
 
 
Centropus chlororhynchos  Blyth, 1849 
 
 
Centropus melanops  Lesson, 1830 
 
 
Centropus steerii  Bourns & Worcester, 1894 
 
 
Centropus rectunguis  Strickland, 1847 
 
 
Centropus celebensis  Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 
 
 
C. c. rufescens  (Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1896) 
 
  
 
Centropus anselli  Sharpe, 1874 
 
 
Centropus leucogaster  (Leach, 1814) 
 
C. l. efulenensis  Sharpe, 1904 
 
 
 
C. l. neumanni  Alexander, 1908 
 
  
 
Centropus senegalensis  (Linnaeus, 1766) 
 
C. s. aegyptius  (Gmelin, 1788) 
 
 
C. s. flecki  Reichenow, 1893 
 
 
  
 
Centropus monachus  Ruppell, 1837 
 
C. m. fischeri  Reichenow, 1887 
 
 
 
C. m. occidentalis  Neumann, 1908 
 
  
 
Centropus cupreicaudus  Reichenow, 1896 
 
 
Centropus superciliosus  Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829 
 
C. s. loandae  Grant, 1915 
 
 
C. s. sokotrae  Grant, 1915 
Centropus superciliosus sokotrae ;  [AVTAX ];  [CoL ]   
 
  
 
  
 
Centropus burchellii  Swainson, 1838 
 
C. b. burchellii  
Centropus burchellii burchellii ;  [AVTAX ]
 
  
 
C. b. fasciipygialis  Reichenow, 1898 
Centropus burchellii fasciipygialis ;  [AVTAX ]
Centropus superciliosus fasciipygialis ;  [iNaturalist ]   
 
  
  
 
Centropus nigrorufus  (Cuvier, 1816) 
 
 
Centropus sinensis  (Stephens, 1815) 
 
C. s. anonymus  Stresemann, 1913 
 
 
C. s. bubutus  Horsfield, 1821 
 
 
C. s. intermedius  (Hume, 1873) 
 
 
C. s. kangeangensis  Vorderman, 1893 
 
 
C. s. parroti  Stresemann, 1913 
 
 
  
 
Centropus toulou  (Statius Muller, 1776) 
 
C. t. assumptionis  Nicoll, 1906 
 
 
C. t. insularis  Ridgway, 1894 
 
 
  
 
Centropus goliath  Bonaparte, 1850 
 
 
Centropus grillii  Hartlaub, 1861 
 
 
Centropus viridis  (Scopoli, 1786) 
 
C. v. carpenteri  Mearns, 1907 
 
 
C. v. major  Parkes & Niles, 1988 
 
 
C. v. mindorensis  (Steere, 1890) 
 
 
  
 
Centropus bengalensis  (Gmelin, 1788) 
 
 
C. b. javanensis  Dumont, 1818 
 
 
C. b. lignator  Swinhoe, 1861 
 
 
C. b. medius  Bonaparte, 1850 
 
 
C. b. philippinensis  Mees, 1971 
Centropus bengalensis philippinensis ;  [AVTAX ];  [CoL ]   
 
  
 
C. b. sarasinorum  Stresemann, 1912 
 
  
 
Centropus violaceus  Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 
 
 
Centropus bernsteini  Schlegel, 1866 
 
 
Centropus phasianinus  (Latham, 1802) 
 
C. p. melanurus  Gould, 1847 
 
 
C. p. mui  Mason & McKean, 1984 
 
 
C. p. nigricans  (Salvadori, 1876) 
 
 
 
C. p. propinquus  Mayr, 1937 
 
 
C. p. spilopterus  Gray, 1858 
 
 
C. p. thierfelderi  Stresemann, 1927 
 
  
 
Centropus andamanensis  Beavan, 1867 
 
  
 
 
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References: 
[AVTAX] Zoonomen 
Extracted during June 2011, for most recent information, verify using links provided;  Zoological Nomenclature Resource ;  Birds of the World -- current valid scientific avian names 
 [CoL] Catalogue of Life 
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26);  https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d 
 [NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum 
Butterflies and Moths of the World;  Generic Names and their Type-species 
 [iNaturalist]  
 iNaturalist 
   
 
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