Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.
Apparently disjunct distribution: mountains of Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to north-western Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz); Paraguay, southern Brazil (north to Minas Gerais) and northern Argentina (Salta, Tucumán, Chaco and Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-rumped Hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous) [XC2071]
by Herman van Oosten from Choj\u00f1a Khota, first lower camp; near Inquisivi, La Paz, Bolivia (call)
White-rumped Hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous) [XC87065]
by Dan Lane from Road BR 470, Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)