Upper parts of four river systems in west-central Colombia: Cauca Valley (Valle and Cauca, one record from Antioquia), Pacific slope in arid valleys of upper R Dagua (Valle), upper R Patía (Nariño and valley of R Calima), and Magdalena Valley (Santander and Boyacá south to Huila).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Apical Flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis) [XC130038]
by Frank Lambert from Parque Regional Barbas-Bremen, Filandia, Quindio. Sector Bremen-La Popa, Colombia (call)
Apical Flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis) [XC405876]
by Andres Angulo from Sabanalarga, Antioquia, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Affinities uncertain, as present species not included in recent phylogenetic analysis of genus. It is predicted that it is probably either sister to Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) and Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus) or paraphyletic with them.