Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.
Himalayas from southern Kashmir east to Bhutan, north-eastern India (Assam), south-eastern Tibet and southern China (south-western Sichuan, north-western Yunnan), south to northern and eastern Myanmar, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Yellow-bellied Fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus) [XC876121]
by Peter Boesman from \u7d2b\u6eaa\u5c71\u98ce\u666f\u533a(Zihi mountain scenic area), Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China (call)
Yellow-bellied Fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus) [XC797640]
by Bram Piot from Phou Sam Soum, Xiangkhouang, Laos (call, song)
Subspecies
Sometimes segregated in its own genus Chelidorhynx.