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) [XC434122]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil (call)
Black Caracara (ater) [XC504848]
by Nicole Alfaro-Ponce from Laguna el peregrino, Caqueta, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
May merit generic differentiation from Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus), due to differences in morphology, habitat and behaviour.