South-eastern Brazil, from south-eastern Bahia south to north-eastern Santa Catarina, extending inland to east-central Minas Gerais and western Sío Paulo.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Ferruginous Antbird (Drymophila ferruginea) [XC361658]
by Caio Brito from Corujas, Guapimirim, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (song)
Ferruginous Antbird (Drymophila ferruginea) [XC247581]
by Jeremy Minns from Parque do Zizo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil (call, st3 modulated call, st4 rattle)
Subspecies
Members of genus form a well-defined clade, and appear to be closely related to Hypocnemis. Closely related to Bertoni's Antbird (Drymophila rubricollis), until recently treated as conspecific.