China (mainland), Japan, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea (B), Philippines, Russia (Asian), South Korea, Taiwan (China), Vietnam.
Vagrant to Northern Mariana Islands, Thailand.
Breeds south-eastern Transbaikalia east to south-eastern Russia (R Ussuri), south to central and eastern Mongolia, northern China (east from eastern Qinghai and Sichuan), Korea, southern Sakhalin I, Japan and southern Kuril Is. Non-breeding southern China (including Hainan I and Hong Kong) and Taiwan.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) [XC824064]
by Bo Shunqi \u8584\u987a\u5947 from \u4e4c\u5170\u5e03\u7edf Ulan Butong, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China (call)
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar) [XC882191]
by Frank Lambert from Tianlin Community, Shanghai, China (flight call)