East of Andes in southern Colombia (southern from Meta), Ecuador and north-eastern Peru (south to R Ucayali), and western Brazil along R Solimíµes (east to below mouth of R Purús at Caviana, opposite Manacapurú).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) [XC97552]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Napo Wildlife Center, Orellana, Ecuador (song)
White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) [XC474848]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Sani Lodge, Sucumb\u00edos, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Chestnut Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus) and sometimes considered conspecific, but no intermediate forms documented despite their co-existence on R Ucayali, in Peru.