Colombia (western slope of western Andes from Mutatá, in western Antioquia, and central Chocó) south to western Ecuador (Pichincha, once to Los Ríos).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Rapid and ongoing deforestation, largely as a result of intensive logging, human settlement, cattle-grazing, mining and coca and palm cultivation, is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Blue-whiskered Tanager (Tangara johannae) [XC262577]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (alarm call, alarm calls)
Blue-whiskered Tanager (Tangara johannae) [XC262576]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (alarm call, alarm calls)