Mongolia (except NW) and south & east Russian Transbaikalia south to north-western & northern China (SE Altai and north-eastern slopes of Tien Shan, in north-eastern Xinjiang, east to Central Inner Mongolia). Non-breeding mainly Arabia and north-eastern Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2013).
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus).