Afghanistan (B), Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Tien Shan south to eastern Afghanistan and through western and central Himalayas.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) [XC813585]
by Peter Boesman from Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan (call)
Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala) [XC811348]
by Peter Boesman from Balshoye Almatinskyi Ozera and further down to Almaty, Kazakhstan (subsong)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Lack of red in male plumage implies most distinctive of redstarts and possibly worthy of separate generic status. More research needed. Species name is noun phrase and thus invariable.