Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia.
Vagrant to Zimbabwe.
Southern Angola south to central and eastern Namibia, east to south-western Zambia, north-western Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern South Africa and Swaziland.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Burchell's Starling (Lamprotornis australis) [XC779345]
by Marc Anderson from Lake Panic car park, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa (call, song)
Burchell's Starling (Lamprotornis australis) [XC489213]
by Nature sounds by Simply Birding from Kruger Park, Ehlanzeni, Mpumalanga, South Africa (call)