Southern Chile, from R Bío Bío (also locally on right bank south of R Laja) south to Brunswick Peninsula, and adjacent western Argentina (from Neuquén south to western Santa Cruz).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).
Black-throated Huet-huet (Pteroptochos tarnii) [XC620384]
by Jos\u00e9 Luis Bartheld from San Carlos de Bariloche, Bariloche Department, R\u00edo Negro, Argentina (song)
Black-throated Huet-huet (Pteroptochos tarnii) [XC125358]
by Peter Boesman from Ecocamping \u00d1orquinco, Alumin\u00e9 Department, Neuquen, Argentina (alarm call)
Forms a superspecies with Chestnut-throated Huet-huet (Pteroptochos castaneus), and formerly considered conspecific. The two are geographically separated in western Argentina (Neuquén) by a distance of over 200 km. Recent studies have shown, however, that, despite earlier theories, the upper R Bío Bío is not an effective barrier to dispersal, suggesting that the two taxa have been in contact several times during fluctuating climatic conditions.