South-eastern Colombia east to north-western Brazil (east to R Negro), and south through eastern Ecuador to central-eastern Peru and western Brazil (eastern and south to Tefe and Acre).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) [XC270634]
by Robert S. Ridgely from Muyuna lodge, Loreto, Peru (song)
Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens) [XC762409]
by Andrew Spencer from Barranca (near San Lorenzo), Datem del Mara\u00f1\u00f3n Province, Loreto, Peru (song)