Bolivia (B), Colombia (B), Ecuador (B), Peru (B), Venezuela (B).
Sierra de Perijį (on Colombia-Venezuela border), and locally in Andes from Venezuela (Lara, south-eastern Tachirį) and northern Colombia south to north-western Bolivia (La Paz, western Beni); also coastal ranges of Ecuador, in western Esmeraldas and Guayas (Loma Alta), in western Ecuador; also, locally, east of Andes in Colombia (Sierra de Macarena) and Peru (Cordillera Azul).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) [XC382365]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Reserva Natural r\u00edo \u00d1amb\u00ed, Vereda el Barro, Altaquer, Barbacoas, Nari\u00f1o., Colombia (song)
Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) [XC108599]
by Tayler Brooks from San Francisco - Monta\u00f1a entre Mashpi - Pachijal 0\u00b06'42.66''N 78\u00b054'9.85''O, Ecuador (call)