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) [XC237832]
by Jeremy Minns from Boa Nova wet forest, Bahia, Brazil (song, st1 song)
Ferruginous Antbird (Drymophila ferruginea) [XC290400]
by Jeremy Minns from Ubatuba, SP. Folha Seca, Brazil (st4 rattle)
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.