Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.
South-eastern Colombia (from Meta and eastern Vichada) south to eastern Peru and northern and eastern Bolivia (to north-western Santa Cruz) and east to southern Venezuela (south of R Orinoco), Guyana and northern Brazil (northern and western Roraima) and, south of R Amazon, to south-central Pará and western Mato Grosso.
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).
Masked Tanager (Tangara nigrocincta) [XC431902]
by Jerome Fischer from Ramal do Noca, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil (call)
Masked Tanager (Tangara nigrocincta) [XC8566]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Tunnel near Tarapoto, San Martin, Peru (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly regarded as conspecific with Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata), but molecular-genetic data indicate that latter is more closely related to Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis) than to present species. Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata) is sister-species to both present species and Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet