Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.
Vagrant to Gambia.
Breeds in savannas from northern Ivory Coast east to southern Sudan and northern Uganda; migrates northern and north-west to Sahel and arid savanna from Sierra Leone east to northern Niger, northern Chad and north-central Sudan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Rufous-rumped Lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) [XC719395]
by Peter Boesman from Mole National Park, Ghana (call)
Rufous-rumped Lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) [XC719393]
by id from Mole National Park, Ghana (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Often placed in genus Mirafra, but distinctive in terms of structure, plumage (including slight sexual dimorphism) and migratory behaviour. Forms a superspecies with Dusky Lark (Pinarocorys nigricans), and sometimes considered conspecific.