Pacific slope of Andes in south-western Colombia (southern from Valle) and western Ecuador (south to El Oro).
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging, small-scale agriculture, illegal coca plantations, gold mining and hunting are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Palm-nuts, insects, amphibians and reptiles.
Voice
Generally silent, but displaying males grunt.
Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) [XC17557]
by Joseph Tobias and Nathalie Seddon from Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro, Ecuador (display)
Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) [XC275500]
by Karl S. Berg from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (song, wing noise, at lek)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with Bare-necked Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus glabricollis) and Amazonian Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus ornatus) and all three suggested by some as being possibly conspecific, but this considered unlikely.