The African Blue Tit is distributed in north-west Africa from Morocco to Tunisia and in the Canaries. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in deciduous or mixed woodland, parks and gardens provided that suitable nest holes are available. Nest sites are typically a hole in a tree or a wall.

The North African races were previously included as a sub-species of European Blue Tit C. caeruleus but molecular and acoustic evidence shows them to be sub-species of C. teneriffae. Visually it is noted for its bluish rather than greenish back and its darker crown.