Bhutan, China (mainland) (B), India, Japan, Laos, Mongolia (B), Myanmar, North Korea (B), Russia (Asian) (B), South Korea (B), Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.
Vagrant to Russia (Central Asian).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) [XC110202]
by Frank Lambert from Foping Nature Reserve, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China (call, calls (male))
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) [XC864290]
by Christoph Bock from Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea (call)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
auroreus (Pallas, 1776) - South-central Siberia and Mongolia east to Amurland, south to Korea and north-eastern China (south to Hebei). Non-breeding Japan, Taiwan and south-eastern China.
leucopterus Blyth, 1843 - North-eastern India and central and eastern China. Non-breeding eastern Himalayas east to northern Indochina.