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) [XC413768]
by Albert Lastukhin from Tianliaoyang Wetland, Gongliao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (call)
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) [XC162507]
by Albert Lastukhin & Vladimir Sotnikov from Erdenesant, Mongolia (call, excitement call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Ficedula parva (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) and Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) following Svensson et al. (2005).