Sierra de Perijá (on north-western Venezuela-northern Colombia border); also disjunctly in Colombia in Santander, and from Norte de Santander south to Cundinamarca, in western Andes in Valle de Cauca and Cauca, and from Huila south to northern Ecuador (Napo and Pastaza).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Rufous-naped Greenlet (Pachysylvia semibrunnea) [XC273411]
by Peter Boesman from RNA Reinita Cielo Azul, San Vicente de Chucur\u00ed, Santander, Colombia, 1800m, N, Colombia (song)
Rufous-naped Greenlet (Pachysylvia semibrunnea) [XC282413]
by Andres Angulo from quebrada la Tambora, Predio Los Andes, Vereda Honduras, Municipio de Rionegro, Santander, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with Golden-fronted Greenlet (Pachysylvia aurantiifrons).