Western Andes from south-western Colombia (Patia Canyon, in Nariņo) south to southern Ecuador (southern possibly as far as R Chanchan).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat loss through deforestation due to intensive logging, human settlement, cattle-grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation, and possibly illegal international cage-bird trade, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) [XC93151]
by Lars Lachmann from El Chical Road, 10km SSW El Chical, Carchi Province, Ecuador (song)
Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) [XC142868]
by Gary Stiles (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from Reserva El Bosque, San Isidro Ricaurte, Narino, Colombia (alarm call)