Southern Mauritania and Senegambia to Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria, and east through northern Cameroon, northern Central African Republic to Eritrea, Ethiopia, northern Uganda and extreme north-western Kenya.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Black-billed Wood Dove (Turtur abyssinicus) [XC440190]
by Joost van Bruggen from Kombo South, West Coast Region, Gambia (song)
Black-billed Wood Dove (Turtur abyssinicus) [XC781572]
by Andrew Spencer from Kataba1 (near Diannah), Bignona, R\u00e9gion de Ziguinchor, Senegal (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur chalcospilos), with which has been considered conspecific.