China (mainland), Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea (B), Philippines, Russia (Asian), South Korea, Taiwan (China), Vietnam.
Vagrant to Northern Mariana Islands, Thailand.
Breeds south-eastern Transbaikalia east to south-eastern Russia (R Ussuri), south to central and eastern Mongolia, northern China (east from eastern Qinghai and Sichuan), Korea, southern Sakhalin I, Japan and southern Kuril Is. Non-breeding southern China (including Hainan I and Hong Kong) and Taiwan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) [XC810147]
by Bo Shunqi\u8584\u987a\u5947 from Haiwan Forest Park, Fengxian, Shanghai, China (call, flight call)
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar) [XC574136]
by Common Jeff\uff08\u9ebb\u6770\u592b\uff09 from Nanpu, Luannan, Tangshan Shi, Hebei Sheng, China (call)