Bolivia (B), Colombia (B), Ecuador (B), Peru (B), Venezuela (B).
Sierra de Perijį (on Colombia-Venezuela border), and locally in Andes from Venezuela (Lara, south-eastern Tachirį) and northern Colombia south to north-western Bolivia (La Paz, western Beni); also coastal ranges of Ecuador, in western Esmeraldas and Guayas (Loma Alta), in western Ecuador; also, locally, east of Andes in Colombia (Sierra de Macarena) and Peru (Cordillera Azul).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) [XC831016]
by rudy gelis from Mindo (near San Carlos), Cant\u00f3n San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pichincha, Ecuador (call, song)
Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) [XC244658]
by Niels Krabbe from Reserva Forestal Protectora Cuenca Alta R\u00edo Mocoa- Campucana Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia (song)