Interior south-central Brazil (central Mato Grosso, southern Goiás and extreme southern Bahia south to south-western Minas Gerais, extreme eastern Sío Paulo and north-western Paraná) to eastern Paraguay (San Pedro).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
Habitat destruction and degradation through selective logging and agricultural conversion is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A loud 'wat', 'ka ka ka' and a chicken like 'có-có-có-rec'.
Henna-capped Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rectirostris) [XC324968]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Pirapora, MG. C\u00f3rrego dos Ovos, Brazil (song)
Henna-capped Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rectirostris) [XC210141]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Fazenda Jaborandi, Rio Camanducaia, Amparo, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly placed in genus Automolus, even after recognition of present genus.