Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Ecuador (B), Venezuela (B).
Scattered and poorly known: Costa Rica (Cordillera Central on Pacific slope); northern Venezuela (Aragua, coastal cordillera); north-central and south-western Colombia (San Gil, Santander; Charguayaco by Cerro Munchique and Las Guacas near Popayán, in western Andes of Cauca) and northern Ecuador (Pichincha, western slope of Andes).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Spot-fronted Swift (Cypseloides cherriei) [XC260448]
by Mitch Lysinger from Napo: upper Cordillera de los Huacamayos, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)
Spot-fronted Swift (Cypseloides cherriei) [XC544528]
by id from Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador (flight call)