Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Uganda.
Southern Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic east to south-western Uganda (Bwamba Forest), south to north-western Angola (south to Cuanza Norte, northern Lunda Norte) and south-central and south-western Zaire; a few isolated records in recent decades from Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana indicate existence of a small population in forests of Upper Guinea.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
African Piculet (Sasia africana) [XC609367]
by Daan Drukker from Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (call)
African Piculet (Sasia africana) [XC618659]
by Gerard Gorman from Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Central African Republic (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes placed in monotypic genus Verreauxia, but appears close to Rufous Piculet (Sasia abnormis) and White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea).