Cambodia, China (mainland) (B), Hong Kong (China) (NB), Laos (B), Thailand (NB), Vietnam (B).
Breeds central and southern China (Sichuan south to Yunnan and Guizhou, also Guangxi, Hainan and north-western Fujian) and north-western Vietnam (western Tonkin). Non-breeding Indochina.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Fujian Niltava (Niltava davidi) [XC742015]
by id from Hongbaoxiang, near Panzhihua, Sichuan, China (call)
Fujian Niltava (Niltava davidi) [XC696613]
by Frank Lambert from Labahe National Nature Reserve, Thailand (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with Rufous-bellied Niltava (Niltava sundara) and Rufous-vented Niltava (Niltava sumatrana) and has previously been considered conspecific with one or both.