Cambodia, China (mainland), Laos (B), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Vagrant to Brunei Darussalam.
Myanmar (except western and south-west) and southern and south-eastern China (southern from Yunnan and northern Fujian) south to northern peninsular Thailand and southern Indochina. Introduced in Taiwan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis) [XC88494]
by Frank Lambert from Sorng Rokavorn Community Forest, Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia (call)
Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis) [XC788757]
by Bo Shunqi from Yexie, Songjiang, Shanghai, China (begging call)