Senegambia, northern Guinea-Bissau, southern Mali, northern Guinea, northern Ivory Coast and southern Burkina Faso eastern (mainly in savanna belt) to southern Chad, Central African Republic, south-western Sudan, Uganda and western Kenya.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) [XC378467]
by Bram Piot from Karfiguela, Como\u00e9, Burkina Faso (song)
Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) [XC689966]
by Bram Piot from Coagri, Quinh\u00e1mel, Biombo, Guinea-Bissau (call)
Subspecies
Populations from northern Cameroon east to western Kenya often separated as subspecies emini (described from Uganda), supposedly somewhat more violet on rump and slightly longer-tailed than those in west of range. However, variation appears to be clinal, and further study required.
emini (Neumann, 1920) - Eastern Cameroon to south-western Sudan, South Sudan, extreme north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and extreme western Kenya.