Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.
Southern Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and eastern Guinea east, including isolated population in central Nigeria (Jos Plateau), to extreme western Uganda, south to PRCongo, northern Angola (Cabinda) and eastern DRCongo.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Swamp Palm Bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura) [XC99725]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Campo Ma'an Reserve, Cameroon (call, song)
Swamp Palm Bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura) [XC492339]
by Andr\u00e1s Schmidt from Lobeke National Park, Gran Savanna , platform, Cameroon (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
A distinctive species; on basis of bill shape, voice and behaviour, appears closest to Leaf-love (Pyrrhurus scandens) and Yellow-throated Greenbul (Atimastillas flavicollis).