Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Mauritania, Rwanda.
Southern Senegal south to Sierra Leone and east to western Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and western Kenya, and from southern DRCongo, Rwanda, Burundi and western and southern Tanzania south to Angola, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and extreme north-eastern South Africa.
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).
White-breasted Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris pectoralis) [XC660580]
by Dries Van de Loock from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (flight call)
White-breasted Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris pectoralis) [XC660763]
by Dries Van de Loock from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with Grey Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius), from which usually separated by altitude. They are perhaps better treated as forming a species group, because plumages are notably different.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet