Breeds south-eastern Argentina (from southern Río Negro) south, including extreme southern Chile, to Tierra del Fuego; migrates north to central Argentina, Uruguay and south-eastern Brazil.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Chocolate-vented Tyrant (Neoxolmis rufiventris) [XC89300]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Cerro Negro, Tierra del Fuego, XII Region, Chile (call)
Chocolate-vented Tyrant (Neoxolmis rufiventris) [XC45199]
by Andrew Spencer from Estancia 25 de Mayo (La Seccion), El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina (call, song, song! and calls)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Placed in Myiotheretes by early authors, and sometimes in Xolmis by more recent ones. Syringeal morphology most similar to otherwise different Gubernetes and Muscipipra.