Disjunctly along foothill ridges of eastern Andes in Ecuador (western Napo, Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Loreto, San Martín, and from Huánuco south to northern Puno) and northern Bolivia (La Paz, extreme south-western Beni, western Santa Cruz).
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010) and decreasing.
Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus rufigularis) [XC393801]
by Jerome Fischer from Unnamed ridgeline abovePueblo Libre, Provincia de Tocache, San Mart\u00edn, Peru (song)
Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus rufigularis) [XC111412]
by John V. Moore from Wildsumaco, 5km NW Guagua Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador (song)