Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.
South-western Cameroon east to southern Sudan, western and central Uganda and extreme western Kenya, and south to north-western Angola and south-western and south-central Zaire; unconfirmed sight records from Nigeria thought to be unreliable.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus) [XC100220]
by Peter Boesman from Kakamega Forest Reserve, Kenya (call, contact calls and drilling)
Yellow-crested Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus) [XC452013]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Zimmerman Plot, Kakamega Forest, Kenya (song)