Angola, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Burundi, China (mainland) (B), Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mongolia (B), Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea (B), Oman, Pakistan, Russia (Asian) (B), Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Thailand, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Hong Kong (China), Italy, Japan, Northern Mariana Islands, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, St Helena, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
Transbaikalia (south-eastern Siberia) and north-eastern Mongolia east to Amurland and south to northern and eastern China and northern Korea; has bred in Assam (north-eastern India). Winters in southern Africa, mainly from Malawi to Transvaal.
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2010).
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) [XC764954]
by Albert Lastukhin from Al Maha \/ Saih as Siderah road, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (alarm call)
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) [XC411721]
by Frank Lambert from nr Mongolica Hotel, Songino Khairkhan, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (flight call)
Subspecies
Very close to Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), of which has frequently been considered subspecies, but differs in plumage, especially of female, morphology and behaviour. The two form a superspecies.