South-eastern Colombia (eastern from lowlands of Caquetá and Putumayo) south through eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru (south to Puno), and western Brazil south of R Amazon (east to middle R Juruá and middle R Purús).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys) [XC394779]
by Jerome Fischer from Floresta Estadual do Antimary - Sena Madureira, Acre, Brazil (call)
Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys) [XC475324]
by Jerome Fischer from Sani Lodge, Sucumb\u00edos, Ecuador (call, flight call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly placed with Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) in a separate genus, Tanagrella. Molecular-genetic data indicate that the two are sister-species, and that Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) is sister to both.