Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo.
Sierra Leone, south-eastern Guinea, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast and southern Ghana eastern in forest to north-eastern DRCongo, south to southern Gabon and central PRCongo.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis) [XC823734]
by GO-AWAY-BIRDING with Michael Mills from Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe, Congo (Democratic Republic) (call)
Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis) [XC843004]
by id from Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Region, Ghana (song)
Subspecies
Recent DNA studies indicate that closest relative is Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii).