Brunei Darussalam, China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia (B), North Korea (B), Russia (Asian), Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.
Breeds eastern Transbaikalia and eastern Mongolia east to south-eastern Russia (southern Amurland, southern Ussuriland), south to central and eastern China and Korea, and sporadically western Japan. Non-breeding Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) [XC175792]
by Frank Lambert from Wolpyeong-dong area, West Daejeon, South Korea (song)
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) [XC805620]
by Vadim Ivushkin from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Gorod Komsomol'sk-Na-Amure, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Federation (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) and has previously been considered conspecific. Attempted hybridization between the two has been recorded in Japan.