Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Unknown to Colombia.
Southern Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar) and the Guianas to north-central Brazil (northern Amazonas to Amapá); also north-eastern Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte to Espírito Santo).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) [XC705741]
by id from RPPN Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Veracel, Porto Seguro-BA, Bahia, Brazil (call)
Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) [XC431328]
by Marcus Braun from Paulista, Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Ecol\u00f3gica de Caet\u00e9s, State of Pernambuco, Brazil (flight call, song)
Subspecies
Often treated as sole member of genus Discosura, the remaining species being separated off in Popelairia. Genus closely related to Lophornis.