Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.
Southern Venezuela (southern Amazonas, Bolívar) through Amazonian Colombia (western Putumayo, Vaupés, Amazonas), eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru (south to Puno) to northern Bolivia (Pando, Beni, Cochabamba) and north-western Brazil (Amazonas and southern Pará possibly to R Madeira and northern Mato Grosso).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Gould's Jewelfront (Heliodoxa aurescens) [XC764021]
by Guilherme de Melo Becher from Cordillera Escalera, Koepcke's Hermit feeding station, San Martin, Peru (flight call)
Gould's Jewelfront (Heliodoxa aurescens) [XC257058]
by Paul Coopmans from Loreto: right (w) bank R\u00edo Morona, ca. 54 km NNW of mouth of river, Peru (flight call, wing hum)
Subspecies
Until recently, often placed in monotypic genus Polyplancta, but morphological and behavioural parallels, supported by genetic analysis, suggest that species belongs in Heliodoxa. Probably closely related to Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii). In past, occasionally placed in Clytolaema. Despite fairly extensive range, species shows only slight degree of variation.