Panama (eastern from Canal Zone) and western Colombia (Pacific coast and east to middle Magdalena Valley) south to extreme north-western Ecuador (Esmeraldas, north-western Pichincha).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma) [XC127921]
by Olaf Jahn from Ibe Igar Trail, Nusagandi, Panama Province, Panama (song)
Sapayoa (Sapayoa aenigma) [XC262323]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, foothill zone ca. 7 km E of village, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (call, calls (3 types))