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) [XC518300]
by id from Finca Palmonte, Cant\u00f3n Ba\u00f1os, Tungurahua, Ecuador (call)
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) [XC655026]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Baures (near Puerto Enga\u00f1o), Itenez, Beni Department, Bolivia (call, subsong)
Subspecies
May merit generic differentiation from Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus), due to differences in morphology, habitat and behaviour.