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.
 
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-billed Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) [XC421002]
by Bram Piot from N\u00e9b\u00e9, Diourbel, Senegal (call)
White-billed Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) [XC378460]
by Bram Piot from Karfiguela, Como\u00e9, Burkina Faso (call, song)
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.