Bangsia aureocincta occurs on the Pacific slope of the West Andes, Colombia. Four specimens were collected in the vicinity of Cerro Tatamá (Risaralda/Chocó/Valle del Cauca border) between 1909 and 1946, but it was not found by surveys during the 1990s and may be locally extinct^5,7. Since 1946, it has been recorded at Alto de los Galápagos (Valle del Cauca/Chocó border)^1,8, the Caramanta massif at Alto de Pisones (Risaralda), where it is common to abundant⁵, and recently in Las Orquídeas National Park (Antioquia)⁹.