Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.
Vagrant to Gambia.
Breeds in savannas from northern Ivory Coast east to southern Sudan and northern Uganda; migrates northern and north-west to Sahel and arid savanna from Sierra Leone east to northern Niger, northern Chad and north-central Sudan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Rufous-rumped Lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) [XC719393]
by id from Mole National Park, Ghana (song)
Rufous-rumped Lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) [XC719396]
by Peter Boesman from Mole National Park, Ghana (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Often placed in genus Mirafra, but distinctive in terms of structure, plumage (including slight sexual dimorphism) and migratory behaviour. Forms a superspecies with Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), and sometimes considered conspecific.