Range Description

Cistothorus apolinari is found locally in the East Andes of Colombia (Boyacá and Cundinamarca). Current strongholds are at Laguna de Tota (Boyacá) and Laguna de Fúquene (Cundinamarca) - the population in each probably exceeding 50 pairs - and several populations of up to 20 pairs are present in the remnant wetlands around Bogotá². It has been extirpated from at least two sites since 1950, and numbers have fallen at several formerly important sites.