Afghanistan (B) (NB), Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
Eastern Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan and Afghanistan (recently recorded Kyrgyzstan) east through Himalayas to central and north-eastern China, northern Myanmar and northern Indochina.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) [XC857836]
by Marc Anderson from Ban Luang Resort, Doi Ang Khang, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, China (song)
White-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) [XC491387]
by Andrew Spencer from Lidder Valley, upstream from Lidderwat, right bank, Jammu and Kashmir, China (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Has been placed in genus Phoenicurus, but differs in plumage pattern and behaviour.