Southern China (southern Sichuan and south-western Guangxi), northern Vietnam (western and eastern Tonkin and northern and central Annam) and northern and central Laos. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Hainan Magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Hainan Magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi).