Latitudinal range: -27.2° to 15.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (5)

Found in 11 samples

Argentina: Camino, Toma, El Rey National Park (Selva Basal, dry season 1994)

Costa Rica: Savegre Lodge (primary forest), Savegre Lodge (secondary forest), University of Georgia San Luis Research Station, Monteverde

Ecuador: Podocarpus National Park

Guatemala: Purulha

Venezuela: Pico Guacamaya, Paso de Portachuelo

See also Chlorospingus canigularis, Chlorospingus ophthalmicus, Chlorospingus pileatus