Sierra de Perijá (on north-western Venezuela-northern Colombia border); also disjunctly in Colombia in Santander, and from Norte de Santander south to Cundinamarca, in western Andes in Valle de Cauca and Cauca, and from Huila south to northern Ecuador (Napo and Pastaza).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Rufous-naped Greenlet (Pachysylvia semibrunnea) [XC583517]
by Yair Guillermo Molina Mart\u00ednez. from El Palmar - arriba del Silencio, Corregimiento de Juntas, Ibagu\u00e9, Tolima, Colombia (call)
Rufous-naped Greenlet (Pachysylvia semibrunnea) [XC98114]
by Tayler Brooks from Wildsumaco, 5km NW Guagua Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with Golden-fronted Greenlet (Pachysylvia aurantiifrons).