Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.
Senegambia and southern Guinea east to extreme southern Sudan (Imatong Mts) and eastern Uganda, south to northern Angola and southern DRCongo, also extreme north-western and western Tanzania.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Western Nicator (Nicator chloris) [XC269880]
by Martin St-Michel from Kirimia, Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo, Western Region, Uganda (call)
Western Nicator (Nicator chloris) [XC400395]
by Barry Edmonston from Nsuta Forest, Ghana (alarm call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Systematic position of genus long a subject of debate. Further investigation required. Forms a superspecies with Eastern Nicator (Nicator gularis), and often considered conspecific.