Tricholaema J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1855
Tricholaema melanocephala blandi Lort Phillips, 1897
Tricholaema melanocephala flavibuccalis Reichenow, 1893
Tricholaema melanocephala melanocephala (Cretzschmar, 1829)
Tricholaema melanocephala stigmatothorax Cabanis, 1878