Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida, Táchira), eastern and central ranges of Colombia, and northern Ecuador (south to Cotopaxi on western slope, to northern Loja on eastern slope).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Agile Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agilis) [XC249510]
by Niels Krabbe from Bol\u00edvar: 10 km NW Salinas, Ecuador (call, calls)
Agile Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agilis) [XC406057]
by Andres Angulo from Reserva Guaquira, Vereda Pueblo Nuevo, Ubaque, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus was long known as Spizitornis. This species and closely related Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agraphia) often placed together in a separate genus, Uromyias, recognizable on basis of syringeal and plumage characters, but molecular evidence indicates that they are imbedded within present genus.