It is only found with any regularity in the woodlands around the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe, and less so in the Chobe woodlands of Botswana. In Namibia, it has been recorded from the riverine woodlands of the Zambezi, Chobe, Kwandu and Okavango rivers and the Mahango area of the Bwabwata National Park, at a reporting rate of about 5%. It has also been reported from Farm Kakuse, about 70 km north-west of Tsumeb. It is no longer recorded at Otjimbingwe on the Swakop River, where the southern African population has previously been described. Its area of occupancy in Namibia is 7,000 km2. Birds have been sighted in Etosha National Park and are regularly seen in eucalyptus trees alongside the Omaruru River at Omaruru.