Eastern Andes from western Venezuela (extreme southern Táchira) southern locally in adjacent Colombia from Norte de Santander (Páramo de Guerrero, west of Salazar) to latitude of Bogotá; also Santa Marta Mts (northern Colombia).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Rufous-browed Conebill (Conirostrum rufum) [XC690342]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Guasca, Cundinamarca, Colombia (?)
Rufous-browed Conebill (Conirostrum rufum) [XC693442]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza, Cundinamarca, Colombia (call)
Subspecies
Genus has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae, but molecular-genetic data indicate that it belongs in present family, with Oreomanes as sister-group.