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, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda.
Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Ivory Coast through Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and Congo to eastern Zaire, Uganda and north-western Tanzania, and south to central Zaire and extreme north-western Angola.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi) [XC138905]
by George Vlad from Mabira Forest Reserve (The Rain Forest Lodge), Buikwe district, Uganda (song)
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi) [XC241396]
by Martin St-Michel from The Neck, Bwindi NP, Kinkiizi, Kanungu, Western Region, Uganda (song)