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) [XC322165]
by Herman van Oosten from Nuevo Mundo, Resguardo Ind\u00edgena Jard\u00edn de la Sierra, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia (song)
Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus rufigularis) [XC611788]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Nuevo Mundo, El Jardin de la sierra, Colombia (song)