South-eastern Brazil (southern Mato Grosso east to Rio de Janeiro, south to Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through agricultural conversion, deforestation for mining and plantation production, urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Southern Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus eximius) [XC189532]
by Luis Pradier from Condom\u00ednio Pas\u00e1rgada, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil (song)
Southern Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus eximius) [XC549171]
by Ricardo Gagliardi from Parque Estadual da Cantareira, N\u00facleo Engordador, S\u00e3o Paulo, SP, Brazil (song)