Pacific coastal region of extreme south-western Costa Rica and Panama (including Coiba I and Cébaco I), northern Colombia along Caribbean coast (including Santa Marta area), and northern Venezuela north of R Orinoco (E, including Margarita I, to Paria Peninsula).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Lance-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata) [XC92385]
by Hans Matheve from Parque Nacional Natural Macuira, Colombia (song)
Lance-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata) [XC863677]
by Miguel Angel Torres from Jos\u00e9 Gregorio Bastidas (Camino pozos La Mora Cabudare), Palavecino, Lara, Venezuela (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus closely related to Antilophia. All members of present genus suggested by some as forming a superspecies. Has sometimes been treated as conspecific with Long-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis) and Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola).