Afghanistan (B), Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Tien Shan south to eastern Afghanistan and through western and central Himalayas.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) [XC818102]
by Ramit Singal from Nako Bus Stop (near Nako), Shimla Division, Himachal Pradesh, India (call)
Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) [XC813587]
by id from Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Lack of red in male plumage implies most distinctive of redstarts and possibly worthy of separate generic status. More research needed. Species name is noun phrase and thus invariable.