Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Eastern Colombia, southern Venezuela and the Guianas south through Amazonia to eastern Peru, north-eastern Bolivia and central Brazil (Maranhío, northern Mato Grosso).
 
Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) [XC257383]
by John V. Moore from Napo: R\u00edo Holl\u00edn 17 road km NE Archidona, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) [XC257380]
by John V. Moore from Orellana: 'Yuturi Lodge', s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call, calls)
Subspecies
May merit generic differentiation from Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus), due to differences in morphology, habitat and behaviour.