South-eastern Brazil, from eastern Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo south to Rio Grande do Sul.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction due to urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus orbitatus) [XC388137]
by Bobby Wilcox from Green Trail, Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica de Guapia\u00e7u, RJ, Brazil (call, wing flutter)
Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus orbitatus) [XC483087]
by Luiz C. Silva from Cambori\u00fa, Cambori\u00fa, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly treated in genus Euscarthmornis and later in Idioptilon, both now defunct.