Southern and south-eastern China (south-central Sichuan and eastern Yunnan east to western Hubei and Zhejiang, south to southern Guangxi and Hong Kong), northern Thailand, Laos and Vietnam (Tonkin, northern and central Annam).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).
Indochinese Yuhina (Staphida torqueola) [XC40883]
by Jonathan Martinez from Bach Ma, Vietnam (song)
Indochinese Yuhina (Staphida torqueola) [XC304046]
by Rolf A. de By from Longtangshan, Lin'an, Hangzhou Shi, Zhejiang Sheng, China (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Yuhina castaniceps (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Striated Yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps) and Indochinese Yuhina (Yuhina torqueola) following Collar (2006).