South-eastern Brazil, from south-eastern Bahia south to north-eastern Santa Catarina, extending inland to east-central Minas Gerais and western Sío Paulo.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Ferruginous Antbird (Drymophila ferruginea) [XC361658]
by Caio Brito from Corujas, Guapimirim, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (song)
Ferruginous Antbird (Drymophila ferruginea) [XC581695]
by Felipe Arantes from Sitio Piraquara, S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o da Serra, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (alarm call, call)
Subspecies
Members of genus form a well-defined clade, and appear to be closely related to Hypocnemis. Closely related to Bertoni's Antbird (Drymophila rubricollis), until recently treated as conspecific.