Eastern, central and southern Brazil (on both sides of lower Amazon and lower R Tapajós, from Maranhío south-west to southern Mato Grosso, and from Rio Grande do Norte south to western Sío Paulo) and extreme north-eastern Bolivia (Serranía de Huanchaca, in north-eastern Santa Cruz).
 
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).
Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin (Neopelma pallescens) [XC737354]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Cristian\u00f3polis, Fazenda Marco Polo - Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (alarm call)
Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin (Neopelma pallescens) [XC593317]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Patroc\u00ednio, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (song, display song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Systematic position of genus doubtful. Possibly closest to Tyranneutes, and both genera almost certainly only distantly related to the typical piprids. Probably closer to the Tyrannidae but traditionally included in present family, where retained pending further study. Considered to form a superspecies with Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin (Neopelma chrysocephalum), Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin (Neopelma sulphureiventer), Wied's Tyrant-Manakin (Neopelma aurifrons) and Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin (Neopelma chrysolophum).