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) [XC55791]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Barrio El Poblado (alrededores de San Gil), Vereda Buenos Aires, municipio San Gil, Santander, Colombia (song)
Apical Flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis) [XC433583]
by Andres Angulo from Santa F\u00e9 de Antioquia, 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.