Amazonian reaches of Ecuador and Peru; single record from south-eastern Colombia; apparent recent record from Brazil (R Juruá, Acre) has now been withdrawn.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Buckley's Forest Falcon (Micrastur buckleyi) [XC251111]
by Anderson Sandro from Napo: V.Sumaco: 1 km S \, Ecuador (song)
Buckley's Forest Falcon (Micrastur buckleyi) [XC98234]
by Mitch Lysinger from Wildsumaco, 5km NW Guagua Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Known only from about a dozen specimens and a few sightings. Formerly considered a variant of Collared Forest-Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus).