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) [XC719611]
by Deville Tanguy from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (song)
Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis) [XC519848]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from For\u00eat class\u00e9e du Mont Tonkoui, Man, Montagnes District, Ivory Coast (song)
Subspecies
Recent DNA studies indicate that closest relative is Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii).