Upper parts of four river systems in west-central Colombia: Cauca Valley (Valle and Cauca, one record from Antioquia), Pacific slope in arid valleys of upper R Dagua (Valle), upper R Patía (Nariño and valley of R Calima), and Magdalena Valley (Santander and Boyacá south to Huila).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Apical Flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis) [XC825899]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Quebrada Madrigal, Cambao, Cundinamarca, Colombia (call)
Apical Flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis) [XC59557]
by Frank Lambert from Laguna del Sonso [Colombia], Colombia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Affinities uncertain, as present species not included in recent phylogenetic analysis of genus. It is predicted that it is probably either sister to Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) and Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus) or paraphyletic with them.