Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Polytypic species consisting of eight recognized subspecies.<\/p>

Generally regarded as including the Barusan Shama<\/strong> (melanura<\/em>), which is a complex of four isolated forms confined to the West Sumatran Archipelago (melanura<\/em>, hypolizus<\/em>, and opisthochrus<\/em>) and Sunda Strait (mirabilis<\/em>), all either critically endangered or extinct\u2014and which seem likely to be recognized as one or more separate species.<\/p>

White-rumped and Barusan are traditionally considered conspecific with White-crowned Shama<\/strong> (stricklandii<\/em>), but the differences between them are facially sufficient to regard them as separate species.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t