Southern Bolivia (no records since 1938) and north-western Argentina.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation due to slash-and-burn agriculture and wildfires, illegal trapping for the cage-bird trad, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Tucuman Amazon (Amazona tucumana) [XC50088]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Poblado de Baritu, Parque Nacional Baritu, Santa Victoria, Salta, Argentina (call)
Tucuman Amazon (Amazona tucumana) [XC392076]
by Aidan Maccormick from Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Jujuy, Argentina (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Red-spectacled Amazon (Amazona pretrei), but they are better regarded as forming a superspecies.