Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Extreme eastern Colombia, southern and south-eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and Amazonian Brazil (R Negro drainage east to Amapá and R Araguaia); isolated records in eastern Peru (Loreto, Madre de Dios) and north-eastern Bolivia (north-eastern Santa Cruz).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Black Manakin (Xenopipo atronitens) [XC358284]
by GABRIEL LEITE from In\u00edrida, Guain\u00eda, Colombia (call)
Black Manakin (Xenopipo atronitens) [XC482177]
by Caio Brito from Rio S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9,Parque Nacional do Juruena,Apiac\u00e1s,Mato Grosso, Brazil (call, calls)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus closely related to Chloropipo, which sometimes merged with it, but the single species in present genus differs in being much more vocal.