Locally in extreme south-western Venezuela (Táchira), eastern and central Andes of Colombia (southern Antioquia and Cundinamarca south to western Caquetá), eastern Andes of Ecuador and extreme northern Peru (Cerro Chinguela, in Piura).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher (Leptopogon rufipectus) [XC225260]
by Oscar Humberto Mar\u00edn G\u00f3mez from Caba\u00f1as San Isidro, Cosanga, Napo, Ecuador (call)
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher (Leptopogon rufipectus) [XC379510]
by David Monroy Rengifo from Otun Quimbaya Reserve, Colombia (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Inca Flycatcher (Leptopogon taczanowskii). Birds from extreme north-east of range described as subspecies venezuelanus, but indistinguishable from populations farther southern along Colombian Andes.