Eastern Peru, Brazil south of Amazon (east to northern Maranhío, south to Rondônia and south-central Mato Grosso, also disjunct coastal population from Pernambuco south to Rio de Janeiro) and northern Bolivia.
 
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).
Red-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra rubrocapilla) [XC844540]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Uru\u00e7uca, Bahia, Brazil (song)
Red-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra rubrocapilla) [XC341113]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Reserva Natural da Vale do Rio Doce, ES, Brazil (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
May form a superspecies with Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala) and Red-capped Manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) and has been considered conspecific with former, but the two occur sympatrically in north-eastern Peru (along R Ucayali and lower R Huallaga).