Bangladesh, India (B) (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Israel, Nepal, Oman (B), Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates.
Introduced to Jordan (B) (NB), Kuwait (NB), Puerto Rico (B) (NB), Qatar, Virgin Islands (U.S.) (PE) (B).
Unknown to Afghanistan.
Eastern Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, eastern Oman, and southern Iran eastern along coast to Indian Subcontinent south of Himalayas, from Pakistan and Nepal east to Bangladesh (Sundarbans) and south to northern and eastern Sri Lanka (dry zone); also Israel, Jordan, extreme north-eastern Egypt (Sinai) and extreme north-western Arabia (origin uncertain, possibly introduced). Introduced in Hawaiian Is, Puerto Rico and Virgin Is (St Croix).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica) [XC838991]
by vir joshi from Mairie (St Mandrier) (near Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer), Var, Provence-Alpes-C\u00f4te d'Azur, France (song)
Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica) [XC573238]
by edouard dansette from Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with African Silverbill (Euodice cantans) and often treated as conspecific.