Upper parts of four river systems in west-central Colombia: Cauca Valley (Valle and Cauca, one record from Antioquia), Pacific slope in arid valleys of upper R Dagua (Valle), upper R Patía (Nariño and valley of R Calima), and Magdalena Valley (Santander and Boyacá south to Huila).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Apical Flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis) [XC814190]
by id from Reserva Natural Cauquit\u00e1, Colombia (song)
Apical Flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis) [XC130038]
by Frank Lambert from Parque Regional Barbas-Bremen, Filandia, Quindio. Sector Bremen-La Popa, Colombia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Affinities uncertain, as present species not included in recent phylogenetic analysis of genus. It is predicted that it is probably either sister to Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) and Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus) or paraphyletic with them.