Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Mali, Namibia, Somalia.
Senegal through Nigeria to southern Sudan and Ethiopia, and south through Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to southern South Africa; Bioko.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) [XC739628]
by Dries Van de Loock from Riverbend Camp, Chingola, Copperbelt Province, Uganda (song)
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) [XC83673]
by Martin St-Michel from Usambara foothills, Mtae, Ethiopia (song)
Subspecies
Population on Bioko (Fernando Póo), off Cameroon, sometimes treated as separate subspecies magnirostris, on account of larger bill, but shows no other differences and probably does not merit recognition.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet