Western Andes from south-western Colombia (Patia Canyon, in Nariņo) south to southern Ecuador (southern possibly as far as R Chanchan).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat loss through deforestation due to intensive logging, human settlement, cattle-grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation, and possibly illegal international cage-bird trade, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) [XC102339]
by Gary Stiles (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from Bellavista Research Station, Mindo, Ecuador (call)
Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) [XC186572]
by Niels Krabbe from Bellavista-Mindo road, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)