Eastern Afghanistan (mountains near Kabul and Paktia) and western Himalayas across northern Pakistan (south to Safed Koh range) and Kashmir (absent from the Vale) east to Nepal (east to vicinity of Kathmandu).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) [XC547770]
by Andrew Spencer from Cloud's End, Uttarakhand, India (call)
Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) [XC788519]
by vir joshi from Lalitpur (near Godawari), Bagmati, Central Development Region, Nepal (alarm call, appeal call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Along with Amami Jay (Garrulus lidthi) sometimes placed together in a separate genus, Lalocitta.