Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), China (mainland) (B), India (B), Laos, Myanmar (B), Nepal, Vietnam.
Eastern Nepal east to north-eastern Indian hill states, north-eastern Bangladesh, northern and western Myanmar, south-eastern China (W, central and south-eastern Yunnan east to Hunan, north-western Fujian and northern Guangdong), northern and central Laos and northern Vietnam (western Tonkin, northern Annam).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Spotted Elachura (Elachura formosa) [XC778899]
by Tiantian Zhao \u8d75\u5929\u5929 from Lama Camp, India (song)
Spotted Elachura (Elachura) [XC39242]
by Norbu from Lava, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India (song)
Subspecies
Possibly closer to Pnoepyga. Recently discovered population in Indochina (Laos) apparently lacks white spotting on throat and breast, and may represent a separate subspecies.