Latitudinal range: -0.4° to 14.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 7 samples

Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011), Folonzo Village

Ethiopia: Oromia Region (coffee captures)

Ghana: Samole (wet season)

Kenya: Nyeri County

Nigeria: Jos Wildlife Park

Senegal: Dakar

See also Uraeginthus, Uraeginthus angolensis, Uraeginthus granatinus, Uraeginthus ianthinogaster