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.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra rubrocapilla) [XC301345]
by Marcus Braun from S\u00e3o Miguel do Guam\u00e1, Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)
Red-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra rubrocapilla) [XC303320]
by A. Bennett Hennessey from Parauapebas, Parauapebas, Par\u00e1, Brazil (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).