Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida, Táchira), eastern and central ranges of Colombia, and northern Ecuador (south to Cotopaxi on western slope, to northern Loja on eastern slope).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Agile Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agilis) [XC59467]
by Ian Davies from Acanama, Loja, Ecuador (call)
Agile Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agilis) [XC249737]
by Peter Boesman from Morona-Santiago: Tambo de Ashil\u00e1n, upper R\u00edo Upano, Ecuador (call, calls)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus was long known as Spizitornis. This species and closely related Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant (Uromyias agraphia) often placed together in a separate genus, Uromyias, recognizable on basis of syringeal and plumage characters, but molecular evidence indicates that they are imbedded within present genus.