Melierax G. R. Gray, 1840
Melierax metabates ignoscens Friedmann, 1928
Melierax metabates mechowi Cabanis, 1882
Melierax metabates subsp. metabates Heuglin, 1861
Melierax metabates neumanni Hartert, 1914
Melierax metabates theresae Meinertzhagen, 1939
