The Red-whiskered Bulbul was one of the many species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in his "Systema Naturae". He placed it along with the shrikes under "Lanius".

The populations found across their range show a range of plumage variations and some of these are recognized as subspecies:

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