Afghanistan (B) (NB), Algeria (B), Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Cape Verde (E) (B), Chad (NB), China (mainland) (B), Cyprus (E) (B), Egypt (NB), India (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B) (NB) (P), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B) (NB), Italy (B), Jordan (B) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (E) (B), Mali (NB), Morocco (B) (P), Nigeria (NB), Pakistan (NB) (P), Russia (European) (B), Senegal (NB), Spain (B) (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (B) (NB), Tajikistan (B), Tunisia (B) (NB) (P), Turkey (B) (NB) (P), Turkmenistan (B), Uzbekistan (B).
Vagrant to Albania, Bahrain (P), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Czech Republic, France (NB), Germany, Hungary, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon (P), Malta, Oman (P), Portugal, Qatar (NB), Romania, Saudi Arabia (P), United Arab Emirates (P).
Unknown to Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Georgia, Greece.
Southern Spain and northern Africa through Middle East and western Asia to extreme western China.
 
Population
Estimated population is 14,000 - 26,000 (2010) and decreasing.