Senegambia, northern Guinea-Bissau, southern Mali, northern Guinea, northern Ivory Coast and southern Burkina Faso eastern (mainly in savanna belt) to southern Chad, Central African Republic, south-western Sudan, Uganda and western Kenya.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) [XC425351]
by Peter Boesman from Bumarr, Kiang Central, Lower River, Gambia (call)
Bronze-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) [XC896694]
by id from Abca's Creek Lodge, Bintang, Gambia (duet, song)
Subspecies
Populations from northern Cameroon east to western Kenya often separated as subspecies emini (described from Uganda), supposedly somewhat more violet on rump and slightly longer-tailed than those in west of range. However, variation appears to be clinal, and further study required.
emini (Neumann, 1920) - Eastern Cameroon to south-western Sudan, South Sudan, extreme north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and extreme western Kenya.