Panama (eastern from Canal Zone) and western Colombia (Pacific coast and east to middle Magdalena Valley) south to extreme north-western Ecuador (Esmeraldas, north-western Pichincha).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma) [XC262322]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Awacachi Biological Corridor, R\u00edo Tululv\u00ed area, Ecuador (song)
Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma) [XC248302]
by Nick Athanas from Esmeraldas: right bank Rio Santiago, above Estero Pote 7 km E Playa de Oro, Ecuador (call, calls)