Eastern European Russia and southern Siberia east to northern Mongolia and Sea of Okhotsk. Non-breeding southern and south-eastern China, Taiwan, mainland south-eastern Asia, northern and western Philippines.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.
White's Thrush (Zoothera aurea) [XC751292]
by Manceau Lionel from Suburbs of Sapporo, Hokkaido, China (song)
White's Thrush (Zoothera aurea) [XC150106]
by Tom Beeke from Ili-Alatau national park, Almaty province, Kazakhstan (song)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
aurea (Holandre, 1825) - Eastern European Russia and southern Siberia east to northern Mongolia and Sea of Okhotsk. Non-breeding southern and south-eastern China, Taiwan, mainland south-eastern Asia, northern and western Philippines.
toratugumi (Momiyama, 1940) - Russian Far East (Amurland) and Sakhalin south to Korea, Japan and southern Kuril Is. Non-breeding mainly eastern China and Taiwan.