Subspesies yang dideskripsikan meluputi:<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.fws.gov/birds/waterbirds/statusassessment/Buff-banded%20Rail5.pdf |title=Pied-billed Grebe (Porphyrio podiceps)<!-- Bot generated title -->] |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110057/http://www.fws.gov/birds/waterbirds/statusassessment/Buff-banded%20Rail5.pdf |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>Coates, Brian J. (1985). ''The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Volume 1: Non-Passerines''. Dove Publications: Alderley, Queensland. ISBN 0-9590257-0-7</ref><ref>[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=source&search_id=source_id&search_id_value=385 Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.07.04]</ref>
