Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
South-eastern Venezuela (eastern Bolívar), the Guianas and lower Amazonian Brazil (eastern from eastern Roraima and Manaus area and, south of Amazon, from lower R Tapajós east to north-western Maranhão).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Guianan Red Cotinga (Phoenicircus carnifex) [XC227740]
by Rodrigo Dela Rosa from Iracema falls, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil (call)
Guianan Red Cotinga (Phoenicircus carnifex) [XC830645]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Trilha de \u00e1guas claras - Serra dos Caraj\u00e1s, Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black-necked Red Cotinga (Phoenicircus nigricollis) and could perhaps be considered conspecific.