Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya (B) (NB), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gambia, Nigeria, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates.
Introduced to Kuwait (E).
Eritrea, Ethiopia and north-western and southern Somalia south to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania, also from western and southern Angola and south-eastern DRCongo south to Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and throughout South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).