The Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer is a Colombian endemic restricted to a small range in the western Andes. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found at between 3,000 and 3,800 metres on the ecotone or border between paramó and elfin forest. It was classified as Endangered by Birdlife International but following its discovery at several more sites it is now treated as Near Threatened.

We saw several individuals, mostly in pairs, and the bird in photo 4 was recorded by Jeremy Minns. There is a Munchique Wood Wren Henicorhina negreti singing in the background.