Brunei Darussalam, China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia (B), North Korea (B), Russia (Asian), Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.
Breeds eastern Transbaikalia and eastern Mongolia east to south-eastern Russia (southern Amurland, southern Ussuriland), south to central and eastern China and Korea, and sporadically western Japan. Non-breeding Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) [XC745261]
by Geoff Carey from nr Xiaolongmen Nat Forest Park, Beijing, Beijing Shi, China (song)
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) [XC884186]
by Sam Hambly from Sungai Melayu (near Danga Bay), Johor, Malaysia (subsong)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) and has previously been considered conspecific. Attempted hybridization between the two has been recorded in Japan.