Latitudinal range: -30.4° to 9.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)

Found in 6 samples

Ethiopia: Oromia Region (coffee captures)

Ghana: Samole (wet season), Samole (dry season)

Nigeria: Shasha Forest Reserve (36 mm mesh)

South Africa: Umdoni Park

Zambia: Balmoral

See also Dryoscopus cubla, Dryoscopus gambensis, Dryoscopus senegalensis