Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.
Apparently disjunct distribution: mountains of Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to north-western Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz); Paraguay, southern Brazil (north to Minas Gerais) and northern Argentina (Salta, Tucumán, Chaco and Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-rumped Hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous) [XC346294]
by Hans Matheve from Manantial track, Cerro Blanco Reserve, 8km WSW Otavalo, Imbabura Province, Ecuador (call, perched)
White-rumped Hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous) [XC92779]
by Galo Buitr\u00f3n-Jurado from El Chical Road, 10km SSW El Chical, Carchi Province, Ecuador (call)