Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
South-eastern Colombia (from eastern base of Andes in Caquetá, Vaupés, and Guainía) east to southern Venezuela (Amazonas and north-western and central Bolívar), Guyana, Suriname and possibly French Guiana, south through eastern Ecuador to north-eastern Peru (south to Pasco, Huánuco and Ucayali) and western Brazil (east to eastern Amazonas and, south of R Amazon, to northern Rondônia and extreme north-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).
Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus) [XC28165]
by Andrew Spencer from Afuasi, San Martin, Peru (call)
Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus) [XC520829]
by Jerome Fischer from PNN Chiribiquete, cu\u00f1ar\u00e9, Colombia (?)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
This genus and Dacnis were previously regarded as members of a separate family, Coerebidae, but later placed in present family on basis of similarities in skull anatomy. Molecular phylogenies indicate that the two genera are sisters and form a monophyletic group with Tersina.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet