Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela and the Guianas south through Amazonia to eastern Peru, north-eastern Bolivia and central Brazil (Maranhío, northern Mato Grosso).
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) [XC264377]
by Ottavio Janni from Pastaza: Kapawi area, Ecuador (call, calls)
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) [XC511016]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from General Farfan, Lago Agrio, Provincia de Sucumb\u00edos, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
May merit generic differentiation from Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus), due to differences in morphology, habitat and behaviour.