Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda.
Senegambia eastern in forested areas to southern Cameroon, thence to south-eastern Central African Republic and western Uganda, and south to Cabinda (northern Angola), R Congo and central-eastern Zaire.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus atroflavus) [XC283025]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Kirimia, Semuliki National Park, Bundibugyo, Western Region, Uganda (song)
Red-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus atroflavus) [XC99598]
by Giovanni Boano from Korup National Park, Cameroon (call)