Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.
South-western Uganda south through Rift Valley to south-western Tanzania, Malawi and northern Mozambique (Tete District) and west to southern DRCongo, northern Zambia and central Angola; also northern Tanzania (Bugarama and Kifunzo).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher (Elminia albicauda) [XC234726]
by Martin St-Michel from Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (call)
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher (Elminia albicauda) [XC566382]
by id from North Swaka Forest Reserve, Mkushi, Central Province, Zambia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with African Blue-Flycatcher (Elminia longicauda). The two have been placed in a genus Errannornis, but differences considered insufficient to merit generic separation.