Afghanistan (P), Bangladesh (NB), Bhutan (NB), Cambodia (NB), China (mainland) (B) (NB), India (NB), Japan (B), Kazakhstan (B), Laos (NB), Malaysia (NB), Mongolia (B), Myanmar (NB), Nepal (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Tajikistan, Thailand (NB), Uzbekistan, Vietnam (NB).
Vagrant to Brunei Darussalam, Philippines.
Breeds from eastern European Russia east to eastern Siberia (to Kamchatka), south to northern Mongolia and Amurland. Non-breeding mainly from southern Nepal east to north-eastern India, Bangladesh, south-eastern Asia and south-eastern China.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) [XC458219]
by Sebastian Andrejeff from Baikal Ringing Station, Tankhoy, Irkutsk, Russian Federation (call)
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) [XC889913]
by David Farrow from Wuyuanhe National Wetland Park, Haikou, Hainan, China (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Ficedula parva (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) and Red-throated Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) following Svensson et al. (2005).