Bhutan, China (mainland) (B), India, Japan, Laos, Mongolia (B), Myanmar, North Korea (B), Russia (Asian) (B), South Korea (B), Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.
Vagrant to Russia (Central Asian).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) [XC191720]
by Ross Gallardy from Lulang, Xizang, China (song)
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) [XC741568]
by Geoff Carey from Pak Sha O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China (call)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
auroreus (Pallas, 1776) - South-central Siberia and Mongolia east to Amurland, south to Korea and north-eastern China (south to Hebei). Non-breeding Japan, Taiwan and south-eastern China.
leucopterus Blyth, 1843 - North-eastern India and central and eastern China. Non-breeding eastern Himalayas east to northern Indochina.