Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana (B), Guyana, Peru, Suriname (B), Venezuela.
Almost entire Amazon Basin, from Andean foothills in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, east to southern Venezuela (drainage of upper and middle R Orinoco), locally south-western Guyana, and Brazil (east to R Negro and R Xingu drainages, south to southern Mato Grosso, just extending to headwaters of R Paraguai).
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).
Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus) [XC333029]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Guajar\u00e1-Mirim, RO. Rio Paka\u00e1s Novos, Brazil (song)
Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus) [XC18895]
by David Geale from Belo Monte, left bank of Rio Xingu, Par\u00e1, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) and Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) and all three suggested by some as being possibly conspecific, but this considered unlikely.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet