• Peters Checklist X:60 (Ripley 1964); IX:270 (Rand 1960); X:261 (Deignan 1964); XII:449 (Salomonsen 1967)
• H&M 3^rd:715
• CBBM 9:282
• HBW ??

PASSERIFORMES

PROMEROPIDAE Vigors 1825

Modulatrix (f.) Ripley 1952 Postilla no.12 p.2

• Modulatrix stictigula (Reichenow) 1906 Orn.Monatsb. 14 p.10 Systematics
• Modulatrix stictigula pressa (Bangs & Loveridge) 1931 Proc.NewEngl.Zool.Cl. 12 p.94
• Modulatrix stictigula stictigula (Reichenow) 1906 Orn.Monatsb. 14 p.10

Arcanator (m.) Irwin & Clancey 1986 BBOC 106 p.112

• Arcanator orostruthus (Vincent) 1933 BBOC 53 p.133

Kakamega (f.) Mann, Burton,PJK & Lennerstedt 1978 BBOC 98 p.139 Synonomy Systematics

• Kakamega poliothorax (Reichenow) 1900 Orn.Monatsb. 8 p.6

Promerops (m.) Brisson 1760 Orn. 1 p.34 pl.VI fig.7; 2 p.460 pl.XLIII fig.2

• Promerops cafer (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.117
• Promerops gurneyi Verreaux,J 1871 PZS Pt1 p.135 pl.8
• Promerops gurneyi ardens Friedmann 1952 J.Wash.Acad.Sci. 42 p.32
• Promerops gurneyi gurneyi Verreaux,J 1871 PZS Pt1 p.135 pl.8