North-eastern and south-central Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca, Tarija), Paraguay and central and south-eastern Brazil (Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais to Sío Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul) to Uruguay and northern Argentina (south to Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura) [XC290418]
by Marcelo Jordani Feliti from Jardin Botanico Santa Cruz, Bolivia (song)
Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura) [XC428598]
by Rosendo Manuel Fraga from Departamento de Salto - R\u00edo Arapey Chico- Pueblo Las Flores, Uruguay (song)
Subspecies
Some authors recognize a subspecies platensis (southern Brazil), but size differences and more intense coppery gold on underparts appear to refer to clinal variation.