Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Breeds from extreme south-eastern Venezuela (south-eastern Bolívar) and the Guianas south through much of central Brazil (Pará, Amapá and Tocantins south to Mato Grosso do Sul, Sío Paulo, Minas Gerais and western Bahia) to northern Boliva (Beni, northern Santa Cruz); migrates western across Amazonia (west to extreme south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus albogularis) [XC705446]
by Richard E. Webster from Barba Azul Nature Reserve, Beni, Bolivia (call)
White-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus albogularis) [XC705445]
by Richard E. Webster from Barba Azul Nature Reserve, Beni, Bolivia (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Closest relatives of genus may be Empidonomus and Tyrannopsis. Recent molecular-sequence data indicate present genus is monophyletic and sister-group to clade that includes Empidonomus and Griseotyrannus. There are two main clades within genus, loosely corresponding to "tropical species assemblage" and combination of "W" and "E" species groups of earlier authors, but with some exceptions. May belong to a clade within the "tropical assemblage" that also includes Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) and Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana), although relationships among these three species uncertain.