Afghanistan (B), Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Bahrain, Bulgaria (B), Chad, China (mainland), Cyprus (B), Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia (B), Greece (B), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (P), Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan (B), Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Maldives, Moldova [Republic of] (B), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia, Serbia (B), Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (B), Uganda, Ukraine (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (B), Yemen.
Vagrant to Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong (China), Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, North Korea, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom.
South-eastern Europe east, discontinuously, to southern Urals, Transbaikalia, central and western Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, north-western Himalayas and northern China; non-breeding north-eastern Africa and south-western Arabian Peninsula.
 
Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) [XC790596]
by Albert Lastukhin from Zhanakorgan District, Kyzylorda Province, United Arab Emirates (call)
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) [XC581483]
by Stanislas Wroza from Chandmani, Khovd, Germany (song, plastic song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Has been treated under name Oenanthe leucomela, but current name has priority.
Probably forms a superspecies with Cyprus Wheatear (Oenanthe cypriaca). Formerly considered conspecific, but vocally very different. Sometimes considered conspecific with Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica). The two hybridize where breeding ranges overlap, with no evidence of assortative mating, and possibly better reunited as one species.