Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
Northern and eastern Colombia and northern and central Venezuela east to Trinidad and the Guianas, southern irregularly to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, northern and eastern Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay and south-eastern Brazil.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-headed Marsh Tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala) [XC504761]
by Dante Buzzetti from Serra do Ouro, Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Ecol\u00f3gica de Murici, Murici, Alagoas, Brazil (call)
White-headed Marsh Tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala) [XC467908]
by id from Parque P. Iber\u00e1, Mercedes Department, Corrientes, Argentina (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus related to Fluvicola and sometimes merged with it. However, anatomical evidence and behaviour suggest that separate generic treatment is more appropriate.