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).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus) [XC262270]
by Charlie Vogt from Esmeraldas: Cayapachupa, Cordillera de Tois\u00e1n, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (alarm call)