Northern and north-central Colombia (northern slope of Andes from Cesar south to Córdoba and southern in Magdalena Valley to Caldas) and north-western Venezuela (Zulia, Mérida).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2013) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through clearance for agriculture is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Magdalena Antbird (Sipia palliata) [XC24335]
by Myornis from Cerro de la Paz, nr. Serrania de los Yariguies, mun. Zapatoca Santande, Colombia (song)
Magdalena Antbird (Sipia palliata) [XC109820]
by Ottavio Janni from El canon del Rio Claro, Antioquia, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Myrmeciza laemosticta has been split into Dull-mantled Antbird (Sipia laemosticta) and Magdalena Antbird (Sipia palliata) following SACC (2011).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Dull-mantled Antbird (Sipia laemosticta).