Northern Colombia (Santa Marta Mts), also Sierra de Perijá (Colombia-western Venezuela border); and Andes from western Venezuela (southern from north-eastern Trujillo) and Colombia south to Bolivia (south to Santa Cruz).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus) [XC2092]
by Doug Knapp from Choj\u00f1a Khota, near Inquisivi, La Paz, Bolivia (call)
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus) [XC248606]
by John V. Moore from Pichincha: Loma Yanayacu Polylepis forest, Volc\u00e1n Pichincha, Ecuador (song)