Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia (B), Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Yemen (B), Zambia.
South-eastern Sudan, western and south-eastern Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia to Uganda, whence patchily Swest through mountains of Rift Valley to northern Malawi, and Seast through Kenya highlands to north-eastern Tanzania; also south-western Arabia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Dusky Turtle Dove (Streptopelia lugens) [XC300706]
by Peter Boesman from Negash lodge, Ethiopia (song)
Dusky Turtle Dove (Streptopelia lugens) [XC740015]
by David Darrell-Lambert from Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Adamawa Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha), with which sometimes considered conspecific.