Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.
North-eastern India and Myanmar east to south-central China (southern Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan), and south to northern Thailand, north-western Vietnam and northern Laos; recent possible record from east-central Nepal.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) [XC154574]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Doi Inthanon National Park, crake marsh, Thailand (call)
Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) [XC438042]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Doi Inthanon National Park, Tambon Ban Luang, Amphoe Chom Thong, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand (call)