Southern Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, north-eastern Guinea-Bissau and Guinea eastern in a narrow band south of desert to central Chad and on to central Sudan, south-western Eritrea and western Ethiopia, south to north-eastern Uganda and north-western Kenya.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-billed Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) [XC425256]
by Peter Boesman from Brufut, Kombo North, West Coast Region, Gambia (call)
White-billed Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) [XC239923]
by Bram Piot from Simal, Fatick, Senegal (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (Bubalornis niger), and previously the two were normally considered conspecific. In the past, subspecies intermedius of Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver (Bubalornis niger) was on occasion erroneously placed within present species.