Distribution

Gould's Jewelfront is widespread in western and central Amazonia. It occurs from southeastern Colombia south to Bolivia (south to Cochabamba) (Hilty and Brown 1986, Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a, Hennessey et al. 2003, Schulenberg et al. 2006, 2010). The distribution extends east to southern Venezuela (Hilty 2003) and to east central Brazil.

Gould's Jewelfront occurs from the lowlands up to 1000 m in Venezuela (Hilty 2003); to 400 m in Colombia (Hilty and Brown 1986); mostly below 500 m in Ecuador, but locally up to 900 m (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a); up to 1000 m in Peru (e.g. Walker et al. 2006), but rarely or locally up to 1400 m (Schulenberg et al. 2010); and up to 1000 m in Bolivia (Hennessey et al. 2003).

Endemic to the Americas.

Gould's Jewelfront occupies the understory of lowland evergreen forest, including forests on white sands (Hilty and Brown 1986, Hilty 2003). This hummingbird may particularly favor light gaps (such as treefalls and stream edges) inside forest (Hilty and Brown 1986, Schulenberg et al. 2010), but its habitat requirements have not been documented in detail.

None reported.

None reported.