Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Locally in southern Venezuela (Amazonas, northern Bolívar, southern Monagas), the Guianas, Amazonian and eastern Brazil (east to southern Piauí and western Bahia, south to southern Mato Grosso and southern Goiás), south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and north-eastern Bolivia (south to north-western La Paz, western Beni).
 
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).
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri) [XC258173]
by Robert S. Ridgely from Orellana: Laguna A\u00f1angu ('Napo Wildlife Center'), s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (song, (agitated?) song)
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri) [XC427124]
by Pritam Baruah from Jalap\u00e3o Eco Lodge, Sao Felix do Tocantins-TO, Tocantins, Brazil (canto)