Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Kenya.
South-western Uganda, south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania, south-eastern DRCongo, Zambia and Malawi south to extreme north-eastern Namibia (eastern Caprivi), western Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Miombo Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis elisabeth) [XC429363]
by Dries Van de Loock from Zvimba, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe (flight call)
Miombo Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis elisabeth) [XC398082]
by Peter Boesman from Lukusuzi NP, Eastern province, Zambia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) and Miombo Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis elisabeth) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include elisabeth as a subspecies of Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus). This treatment is under review by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group.