Atlantic slope of north-eastern Mexico from central Nuevo León, southern Tamaulipas and eastern San Luis Potosí, south to Querétaro, Hidalgo, north-eastern Puebla and northern Veracruz.
 
Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).
Crimson-collared Grosbeak (Rhodothraupis celaeno) [XC410832]
by Leonardo Guzman Hernandez from Santiago, Santiago, Nuevo Le\u00f3n, Mexico (song)
Crimson-collared Grosbeak (Rhodothraupis celaeno) [XC304602]
by Marilyn Castillo from Frontera Audubon, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, United States (call)