Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.
South-central Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia and Sierra Leone east to Sudan and western Ethiopia, south to Cameroon and L Victoria Basin; also Gabon, southern PRCongo, extreme south-western DRCongo and extreme north-western and north-eastern Angola.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) [XC425421]
by Peter Boesman from Kiang West, Lower River, Gambia (call)
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) [XC700641]
by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Kinkiizi (near Buhoma), Wilaya ya Kanungu, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Uganda (song)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
niveicapilla (Lafresnaye, 1838) - Southern Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia eastern to Ethiopia, Kenya, DR Congo, north-eastern Angola and Tanzania.