Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Senegal.
Introduced to Comoros.
Senegambia through coastal western Africa to Ethiopia and southern Somalia, and south through central and eastern Africa to eastern and southern South Africa; also Bioko (Fernando Póo) and Comoro Is.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).