Sierra de Perijá (Colombia / Venezuela border), and Andes of western Venezuela (southern from Trujillo) south to Colombia (Norte de Santander; locally in western and central ranges), Ecuador (southern on western slope to Pichincha, on eastern slope locally to Loja), and on eastern slope south to Peru (on Piuraâ€"Cajamarca border, and locally from Amazonas south to Huánuco).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys) [XC353251]
by Yair Guillermo Molina Mart\u00ednez. from Cesar, Manaure, Serran\u00eda del Perij\u00e1, arriba de El Cinco, Colombia (call)
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys) [XC102288]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Montezuma Peak Road, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, W Andes - Tatama National Park, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Genus has sometimes been merged with Euphonia. Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that both genera belong in family Fringillidae.