Afghanistan (B) (NB), Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Bhutan, Bulgaria (B) (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB) (P), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Cyprus (E) (B), Georgia (B) (P), Greece (B) (NB) (P), India (B) (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (NB), Israel (P), Italy (E) (B), Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Lebanon (P), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Moldova [Republic of] (E) (B), Mongolia (B) (NB), Montenegro, Myanmar (NB), Nepal (NB), North Korea (NB), Pakistan (NB), Portugal (B) (NB), Romania (E) (B), Russia (Central Asian), Russia (European) (B) (NB), Serbia, Slovenia (E) (B), South Korea (NB), Spain (B) (NB), Sudan (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (NB), Tajikistan (B), Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Ukraine (B) (NB), Uzbekistan (B), Vietnam.
Vagrant to Austria, Bangladesh (NB), Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Czech Republic (E) (B), Egypt (NB), Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Malaysia, Netherlands Antilles, Oman, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Switzerland, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Tunisia, Yemen.
Unknown to Albania (B), Morocco.
Southern Palearctic, from Spain, Balearic Is and Balkans through Turkey, Caucasus, Iran and Afghanistan to southern Siberia, Mongolia, northern China and extreme northern India. Winters south to Sudan, Middle East, Pakistan, north-western India and Korea.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 14,000 - 20,000 (2010) and decreasing.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet