Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) [XC260332]
by Paul Coopmans from Napo: Cascada San Rafael ('Coca Falls'), Ecuador (call, calls)
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) [XC264366]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Sucumb\u00edos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (begging call, begging calls)
Subspecies
Some similarities with Aviceda.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
fasciatus Lawrence, 1869 - Eastern Mexico (Oaxaca and Veracruz) to western Colombia and western Ecuador.
bidentatus (Latham, 1790) - Eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador through Amazonia to eastern Bolivia (Beni) and south-eastern Brazil; Trinidad.