Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.
Lowlands of south-eastern Peru (southern Loreto south to Madre de Dios and northern Puno) and northern Bolivia (Beni) eastern across central and eastern Brazil (north-western Mato Grosso, eastern Amazonas and Pará) to Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) [XC272191]
by Peter Boesman from Mozeskreek area, W Suriname, Suriname (song)
Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) [XC522253]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Recent genetic data indicate that this genus is probably not closely related to other thraupids, but no closely related family or sister-taxon has yet been identified. Retained in present family pending further information.