Southern China (south-eastern Xizang east to south-western Gansu, western Sichuan and northern Yunnan). Non-breeding north-eastern India.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Deforestation from logging and agricultural expansion on both the breeding and wintering grounds is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Firethroat (Calliope pectardens) [XC110842]
by Frank Lambert from Labahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (call, song, song & calls (male))
Firethroat (Calliope pectardens) [XC282732]
by Paul Holt from Erlang, Sichuan, China (song)
Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Erithacus. In the past Black-throated Blue Robin (Calliope obscura) was sometimes treated as a colour morph of this species.