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.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Swamp Palm Bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura) [XC719531]
by Bram Piot from Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (song)
Swamp Palm Bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura) [XC489871]
by Andres Angulo Rubiano from Lobeke National Park, trail to Gran Savana, third point, 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).