Côte dIvoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone (except north-west), north-west, south-western and south-eastern Guinea, Liberia, southern Ivory Coast, southern and south-western Ghana (east to Aburi), southern Togo and southern Nigeria (mouth of R Benin).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Ussher's Flycatcher (Muscicapa ussheri) [XC301496]
by Bram Vogels from New Eddubiase Forest South entrance, Ghana (call, calls)
Ussher's Flycatcher (Muscicapa ussheri) [XC719317]
by id from Abrafo Forest, Ghana (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Sooty Flycatcher (Bradornis fuliginosus), with which it is sometimes united in genus Artomyias on basis of long wings and short legs.