Northern Colombia (Santa Marta Mts), also Sierra de Perijá (Colombia-western Venezuela border); and Andes from western Venezuela (southern from north-eastern Trujillo) and Colombia south to Bolivia (south to Santa Cruz).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus) [XC689993]
by F. Schmitt from Sesquil\u00e9, Cundinamarca, Colombia (?)
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus) [XC254197]
by Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Le\u00f3n Lleras from La Mucuy, Sierra Nevada NP, Merida, Venezuela (song)